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Sham bam bamina! posted:Even the goddamn Tropers themselves eventually wised up to that kind of thinking. From that page: quote:One of the Ask That Guy segments had the question "If you rape a prostitute, is it rape or just theft?". He claims that he raped a prostitute and was charged for both crimes, with his defense being that she enjoyed it just as much as he did. For gently caress's sake...
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Haven't listened to an Ask That Guy in ages, but from what I remember they're pretty much just "how horrible can we get" Aristocrats-style humor, pretty effective. I don't think Tropers get that, though. Just another wacky TGWTG character!!! And Grimdark too!!!
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May 31, 2014 06:13
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Does Ask That Guy do the same fake falsetto scream that Doug Walker uses for every other character?
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May 31, 2014 07:10
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I can honestly say I don't understand the popularity of TGWTG. He's just...bland, I suppose. What's his pizazz? Where's his appeal? Why do Tropers insist upon writing an entire alternate fanfiction universe which involves the entire cast of an internet vlogger site all becoming prostitutes?
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May 31, 2014 07:26
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I can understand enjoying someone like Linkara or Sage, because while they can get annoying with their schtick, at least they know what they are talking about, and they can convey it in an interesting manner. But Nostalgia Critic? What insightful stuff does he ever say that isn't bogged down in awful skits and failed actors from his disastrous pet project?
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May 31, 2014 07:36
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Arcsquad12 posted:Does Ask That Guy do the same fake falsetto scream that Doug Walker uses for every other character? I haven't watched it in forever but no he doesn't. At least not nearly as frequently. It's a lot of "so edgy" humor though.
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May 31, 2014 10:50
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For that particular "character" it was either "dark/edgy" is funny or it was complete off the wall random poo poo. For gently caress's sake "Hamster Jelly" was somthing that was said, mostly to sell as a card in the short lived CCG type thing that TGWTG had for a while years and years back.
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May 31, 2014 11:48
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HapiMerchant posted:I can honestly say I don't understand the popularity of TGWTG. He's just...bland, I suppose. What's his pizazz? Where's his appeal? Why do Tropers insist upon writing an entire alternate fanfiction universe which involves the entire cast of an internet vlogger site all becoming prostitutes? Daffy Duck acting plus he talks about things from people's childhood. Internet nerds do not have their standards any higher than mainstream audiences. (See: anything on TV, the radio, movies- lots of bland and dull poo poo.) As for weird fanfic... There's kind of a weird thing in fanfic circles where you just try to take the characters in whatever you're into and put them into a totally different situation. Normally, this manifests in eighty jillion "the cast of Firefly but they're in high school!!!" fics, but a few people really like writing about their favorite characters suffering horribly and/or in weird sexual situations. Internet fandom in general just has a weird predilection toward writing fanfic for everything, even stuff that doesn't actually have any kind of narrative. I don't really get it, but that's how it is.
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May 31, 2014 14:32
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Well I do think Doug and his brother Rob helped set a new standard for week-to-week production values and a knack for finding some of the silliest parts of a particular movie.
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May 31, 2014 15:13
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The thing I never understood about AU fanfiction is that if you remove these characters from their original setting and appearance, sometimes going so far as to change their personality, why not just, you know, write something original? "Original", I should say, but still.
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May 31, 2014 16:51
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Raserys posted:The thing I never understood about AU fanfiction is that if you remove these characters from their original setting and appearance, sometimes going so far as to change their personality, why not just, you know, write something original? "Original", I should say, but still. Because if you have to start fresh, no one is going to already care about your characters, you're going to have to like, ugh, work at making the characters automatically appealing to others in order to get them to read. Better to do a bait-and-switch so they come in expecting a familiar character and maybe they won't notice your totally irrelevant original character!!!!???!?!?
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May 31, 2014 16:59
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Raserys posted:The thing I never understood about AU fanfiction is that if you remove these characters from their original setting and appearance, sometimes going so far as to change their personality, why not just, you know, write something original? "Original", I should say, but still. No, don't you get it? It's a deconstruction of the original work! And not at all me doing the literary equivalent of a five-year-old playing with action figures! 
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May 31, 2014 18:16
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Raserys posted:The thing I never understood about AU fanfiction is that if you remove these characters from their original setting and appearance, sometimes going so far as to change their personality, why not just, you know, write something original? "Original", I should say, but still. Also coming up with original names is haaard 
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May 31, 2014 19:04
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So I've been marathoning through this thread off and on for the past week or so. Here's something at least. quote:Child Espionage RP Discussion There was a link to the thing itself in there, so let's see how bad this is. Here's the opening post: quote:Among the many planes dotting the sky at this moment, jetting their passengers to their destinations, there were four, first-class and luxurious ones heading to a remote island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Hailing from heavily-defended army bases in Nevada, Virginia, Norfolk, England and a remote place in Wales, these planes were shuttling a new generation. quote:Sophia frowned ever so slightly and pursed her lips at Daniel's non-reaction. Gay? Asexual? She filed these possibilities away for future consideration but, since she wasn't actually interested in him her ego was not bruised. She extended her hand towards him. "Pleased to meet you, " she said with just a hint of warmth in her voice. If he took it her handshake would be firm and assured but without the macho strength testing guys so often indulged in. This seems like it can go terrible places very fast, but I have to get to work. Here's the link to this thing if anyone wants to have a look while I'm gone.
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Triskelli posted:Well I do think Doug and his brother Rob helped set a new standard for week-to-week production values and a knack for finding some of the silliest parts of a particular movie. Doug and Rob Ford did have a very good TV and web show, briefly.
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May 31, 2014 20:32
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Galick posted:So I've been marathoning through this thread off and on for the past week or so. Is Sophia supposed to be a portrayal of crippling social issues with the opposite gender, or is that just how the writer thinks people act? quote:Sophia was beginning to wonder if her companions were borderline autistic. 
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May 31, 2014 22:54
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Puppy Time posted:
Sounds like this blog post I read: http://stuffgeekslove.wordpress.com/2008/12/02/fan-fiction/
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Okay, so I finally finished the thread, and holy poo poo. It's just  all the way through. I come across people here and there that used TVT as kind of a wiki, but were ignorant about the forums, but they did always remark how insane many of the entries were. Thing that struck me is all of their character outlines always read like an RPG character sheet. I'm surprised they don't list the Strength and Charisma of Owario the teenage veteran of a thousand battles. As is pointed out many times, these guys do not consume any media that isn't anime and video games, or if they've got a wider scope, comic books and genre TV their ideas are going to be very limited. As for Japan worship, I took a fair number of Asian Studies classes in university (before I switched my major over to modern history) and it was really depressing to see the huge gap between people that legitimately were interested in Asia, and those that were simply there because they thought they could write essays about Sailor Moon and get As. With profs being old guys who were aware of the existence of anime and manga, they didn't take too kindly to weeaboo antics. One of my essays and presentations was actually about how Japan has whitewashed its WW2 record, and there was at least one guy heckling me until the prof told him to shut the gently caress up, because Japan didn't do anything wrong and we should be the ones apologizing to them for using Atomic weapons on them. Big mean western world picking on Glorious Nippon! (Another essay I wrote for the same class was about how Japanese militarism was actually a reaction to western colonization in Asia). A good friend of mine has been teaching English in japan for a long time, up to a point where he's the senior teaching at the school, and part of that is hiring new teachers and such. MOst of the applicants he gets are from England or Australia, but there's an decent number of Americans and Canadians. Those they really screen because they want to avoid getting the guys who think "I'll go to Japan and live the Otaku life because that's what people do in Japan!" rather than people that legitimately want to teach English and have an experience. His stories about Japan actually make it sound insane, which he will freely admit. Insanely hectic and squished, everyone is extremely polite to the point of it actually being rude. While manga and anime is everywhere, its mostly seen as kids stuff or for weirdos. He had no idea what Attack On Titan was until I explained it to him at Anime North and he said "Oh okay! I see that skinless guy everywhere, I had no idea that was it" because you still have to go and watch it, its not like its on tv screens on the subway. From what I have heard from him and other people who have gone to Japan for various reasons, if you literally go to be a professional Otaku in Japan, you will be seen as the creepiest weirdo that ever did creep. What was that rich kid who moved to Japan for that and posted videos of his life? Those were just really sad. BTW, You cannot go to japan for longer than I think 14 days without having a business or university sponsoring you. And they are really quick to deport people.
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twistedmentat posted:BTW, You cannot go to japan for longer than I think 14 days without having a business or university sponsoring you. And they are really quick to deport people. 90 days, as long as you don't receive income. Like most other countries, really. I wish there was some sort of blog chronicling the adventures of weeaboos in Japan, every stories I've seen was hilarious.
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FrozenVent posted:90 days, as long as you don't receive income. Like most other countries, really. This is the closest I can think of http://weeaboo-stories.tumblr.com/ I think it was in the Ugly and Awkward thread had some white guy on the subway in Japan and he was wearing a coolie and I think some kind of traditional kimono style jacket and everyone around him was dressed normally.
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twistedmentat posted:This is the closest I can think of http://weeaboo-stories.tumblr.com/ If only that were grounds for deportation.
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twistedmentat posted:He had no idea what Attack On Titan was until I explained it to him at Anime North and he said "Oh okay! I see that skinless guy everywhere, I had no idea that was it" because you still have to go and watch it, its not like its on tv screens on the subway. It does, however, have a merchandising tie-in with 7-11. So lately all the 7-11s have shelves full of toys and snacks with Attack on Titan characters on them. I love that this is a country that sees a thing about giant monsters eating people and says, "You know what that needs? It's own brand of potato chips." \/\/\/ I forgot about that! Insane cartoon merchandising: the great uniter of humanity. Thinky Whale fucked around with this message at 13:30 on Jun 1, 2014 |
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Jun 1, 2014 13:10
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Yeah, that never happens over here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwik-E-Mart#7-Eleven_promotion
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Suspicious Dish posted:Yeah, that never happens over here. I think the point was more that Attack on Titan was about monsters eating people, not that it's a cartoon tie in.
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A Fancy 400 lbs posted:I think the point was more that Attack on Titan was about monsters eating people, not that it's a cartoon tie in. It's a popular cartoon in Japan. Of course it's going to have merchandising. Potato chips also seems like it would be an obvious thing considering the dumb memes it spawned.
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That potato chip line is jut as silly in the orginal japanese as it is in the dub. I'm kinda glad they kept it. Everything is going according to keikoku* *keikoku means
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I didn't even know that was a meme until recently. I completely forgot about the Potato Girl thing near the end of the series just thinking "hey that characters is kinda cool". He always brings Japanese candy with him, and I have some packs of AoT Mints. Anticheese posted:If only that were grounds for deportation. It's really weird, One of the things the school he works for is helping schools visiting from overseas, and he said there's always a few jackasses wearing kimonos or cosplaying in the groups as if walking around Shibuya dressed like Asuka is normal.
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I'm sorry, are we confusing Attack on Titan with Death Note, or is there a second anime potato chip meme I'm not aware of?
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He mentioned potato chip meme so i just instinctivly though of Death note, if there is one for AOT then i'm not familiar with it.
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DStecks posted:I'm sorry, are we confusing Attack on Titan with Death Note, or is there a second anime potato chip meme I'm not aware of? There is a single memorable scene in AoT where a recruit eats a potato while the drill sergeant is doing his "you are not worthy to lick the dirt from my boots" spiel. It has become a meme, to the point where a later chapter of the manga explicitly references the scene.
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Jun 1, 2014 20:45
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People are still mad JesuOtaku doesn't like TVTropes. Their anger is shown by copypasting some... novel.
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Jun 1, 2014 20:59
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JackMackerel posted:People are still mad JesuOtaku doesn't like TVTropes. Their anger is shown by copypasting some... novel. That's Pride and Prejudice, you philistine.
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Jun 1, 2014 21:02
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Hell, looking a bit further down, apparently someone saw fit to C/P, among other things, a Goof Troop fanfic, the lyrics to Let it Go and Komm, Susser Todd, and... A yaoi fic. 
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JackMackerel posted:People are still mad JesuOtaku doesn't like TVTropes. Their anger is shown by copypasting some... novel. 
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Regalingualius posted:Hell, looking a bit further down, apparently someone saw fit to C/P, among other things, a Goof Troop fanfic, the lyrics to Let it Go and Komm, Susser Todd, and... A yaoi fic. There's also a big chunk of Bee Movie script so it's almost certain JesuOtaku made the rounds on the bad fanfiction tumblrs where they use it as lorem ipsum.
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Jun 1, 2014 21:17
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That seems like an inordinate amount of work to put into vandalizing a wiki page.
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Jun 1, 2014 21:51
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Hammurabi posted:That seems like an inordinate amount of work to put into vandalizing a wiki page. It's probably a known-quantity text bomb - probably distributed as a .txt or PasteBin link, for script kiddies to vandalize with.
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Jun 1, 2014 21:59
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JO tearing apart Tropers will never not be funny.
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Regalingualius posted:Hell, looking a bit further down, apparently someone saw fit to C/P, among other things, a Goof Troop fanfic, the lyrics to Let it Go and Komm, Susser Todd, and... A yaoi fic. And the first canto of Dante's Inferno, a chunk of Atlas Shrugged... And what looks like a Twilight fanfic (no, not Fifty Shades). And eventually, this: Someone with way too much spare time posted:"...I see. Thank god it was nothing serious. But a molester attacking her... he must be reckless or have discerning tastes. At least the last part is much needed. Still, what a strange form of wiki vandalism. What is it even meant to accomplish besides burying relevant and meaningful content? e: fixed page stretch SerialKilldeer fucked around with this message at 23:35 on Jun 1, 2014 |
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SerialKilldeer posted:Still, what a strange form of wiki vandalism. What is it even meant to accomplish besides burying relevant and meaningful content? SerialKilldeer posted:burying relevant and meaningful content Wiki vandalism like this is pretty pointless, it'll just get reverted. If they were brighter, they'd introduce wrong or hurtful information first and then have a number of alternate accounts vandalize the page via other IPs.
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