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SHOAH NUFF posted:No doubt. I just enjoy seeing pasty rear end goons like you get red faced over a stranger's opinion on a TV show maskenfreiheit posted:Did they ever say who Laurie's baby daddy is?
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get that OUT of my face posted:For me, it's not that it's someone's opinion. What I don't like about it is that this exact thrust has been regurgitated multiple times on several different websites. The article itself was written nearly identically to other Silicon Valley outrage essays, tailored to generate site traffic, and intended to make you feel bad for liking a TV show, as if tastes are universal and handed down by the council of high and mighty internet pop culture critics. It's not a Silicon Valley thing, it's a thinkpiece thing, and in spite of the name, there's very little thought put into them. It's best to ignore outrage from people who you disagree with, especially on dumb topics like a mike judge tv show, otherwise it's a long and angry life
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May 30, 2017 20:35
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If they ever do show Laurie's other kids, I really hope they don't do that lame "the kids are super sperglords just like the parent" trope.
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May 30, 2017 20:39
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SHOAH NUFF posted:It's best to ignore outrage from people who you disagree with, especially on dumb topics like a mike judge tv show, otherwise it's a long and angry life
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Cojawfee posted:If they ever do show Laurie's other kids, I really hope they don't do that lame "the kids are super sperglords just like the parent" trope. It's also just as big a trope for them to be everyman non-nerds. So I hope they do something more interesting than either.
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May 30, 2017 20:43
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I hope the kid Erlich smacked is Laurie's.
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May 30, 2017 20:52
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Cojawfee posted:If they ever do show Laurie's other kids, I really hope they don't do that lame "the kids are super sperglords just like the parent" trope.
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May 30, 2017 20:54
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My money is on Laurie being 100% normal and well-adjusted when she isn't working. A grade-A, top-tier mom.
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May 30, 2017 20:55
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I initially took issue with Jin Yang before they fleshed out his relationship with Erlich and then gave him a fuckton of funny moments that definitely were not at Jin Yang's expense. I understand the initial annoyance. I don't blame normal people for taking issue with it. Let's chill out with the outrage over supposed outrage. Echo Chamber fucked around with this message at 22:31 on May 30, 2017 |
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May 30, 2017 22:07
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Snak posted:It's also just as big a trope for them to be everyman non-nerds. So I hope they do something more interesting than either. The only safe and original option is to reveal that they are dead.
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May 30, 2017 22:29
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Echo Chamber posted:I initially took issue with Jin Yang before they fleshed out his relationship with Erlich and then gave him a fuckton of funny moments that definitely were not at Jin Yang's expense. Jin Yang for president, he gives hot dog apps away for free because he's rich.
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May 30, 2017 22:42
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Sometimes you gotta step back, take a deep breath, and read this article about internet outrage culture to put things into perspective. It's been two and a half years since Drew Magary wrote this and it only gets proven more right with every stupid internet take.
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I didn't know that article existed, but it's a wonderful validation of what I've been seeing. I am pretty much ready to burn the internet down at this point. Cheesy Wonder Woman pun on my facebook feed? Decried for being anti-woman. Someone said "Happy Memorial Day" to you? Here's an article they should read. Share a post about a good dad? Someone will say it shouldn't be remarkable when someone is a good dad. It turns out Kate Upton is attractive? This is body shaming someone I've never heard of. All day, every day.
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MC Fruit Stripe posted:I didn't know that article existed, but it's a wonderful validation of what I've been seeing. I am pretty much ready to burn the internet down at this point. Cheesy Wonder Woman pun on my facebook feed? Decried for being anti-woman. Someone said "Happy Memorial Day" to you? Here's an article they should read. Share a post about a good dad? Someone will say it shouldn't be remarkable when someone is a good dad. It turns out Kate Upton is attractive? This is body shaming someone I've never heard of. All day, every day.
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MC Fruit Stripe posted:I didn't know that article existed, but it's a wonderful validation of what I've been seeing. I am pretty much ready to burn the internet down at this point. Cheesy Wonder Woman pun on my facebook feed? Decried for being anti-woman. Someone said "Happy Memorial Day" to you? Here's an article they should read. Share a post about a good dad? Someone will say it shouldn't be remarkable when someone is a good dad. It turns out Kate Upton is attractive? This is body shaming someone I've never heard of. All day, every day. Pick up some hobbies
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SHOAH NUFF posted:Pick up some hobbies
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?? Never seen you post before, but that was a long sad screed and I want you to feel better friend
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MC Fruit Stripe posted:I didn't know that article existed, but it's a wonderful validation of what I've been seeing. I am pretty much ready to burn the internet down at this point. Cheesy Wonder Woman pun on my facebook feed? Decried for being anti-woman. Someone said "Happy Memorial Day" to you? Here's an article they should read. Share a post about a good dad? Someone will say it shouldn't be remarkable when someone is a good dad. It turns out Kate Upton is attractive? This is body shaming someone I've never heard of. All day, every day. This is the opening scrawl to the internet-era remake of Falling Down.
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SHOAH NUFF posted:No doubt. I just enjoy seeing pasty rear end goons like you get red faced over a stranger's opinion on a TV show You yourself okay?
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i am the bird posted:This is the opening scrawl to the internet-era remake of Falling Down. 🍆-Fence
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May 31, 2017 01:44
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Toast Museum posted:That seems pretty even-handed to me. I think their concerns make sense, and "the writers should think this through" is not "everyone is a monster, cancel right now." He purposely forgets to men Ed Chen, asian silicon valley bro, then pretends that the white people (specifically Erlich for some reason) have it mostly together when almost all of them are trainwrecks in their own right. Jian-yang isn't even written dumb. He's still living rent free afterall, and he nearly cornered the market for pedophiles.
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May 31, 2017 02:58
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May 31, 2017 03:03
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Jian-Yang tricked Erlich into letting him live there for free. Trolled Erlich with a recipe app. Screwed Erlich out of millions of dollars. I think he's doing just fine.
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Cojawfee posted:Jian-Yang tricked Erlich into letting him live there for free. Trolled Erlich with a recipe app. Screwed Erlich out of millions of dollars. I think he's doing just fine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKup-Edjx9Y
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May 31, 2017 03:26
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Harry posted:He purposely forgets to men Ed Chen, asian silicon valley bro, then pretends that the white people (specifically Erlich for some reason) have it mostly together when almost all of them are trainwrecks in their own right. Jian-yang isn't even written dumb. He's still living rent free afterall, and he nearly cornered the market for pedophiles. I don't think you can speak to her intentions, but she claims that the show's Asian characters fall into typical "cunning" or "imitator" stereotypes, and Ed Chen is arguably an example of the former. She specifically cites Jian Yang as an example of the same—his app idea is bad, but he's sneaky and gets one over on Erlich. She doesn't claim that the white characters are all put together, but that the best-at-what-they-do characters are all white, and that among the white characters there is a whole spectrum of character types, from visionary Peter Gregory to lucky dummy Big Head. Again, the thesis is not "the Asian characters are dumb failures, the white characters are perfect geniuses, and the show should be cancelled."
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It's a hollow argument because really the Asian characters are not portrayed any more or less inept or conniving than their white counterparts. And Erlich's racism is skewered rather than validated--although I'm sure audiences can take it any way they like. Further, Jian Yang isn't taking advantage of Erlich any more or less than Erlich is trying to take advantage of Jian Yang in return, or Bighead.
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Snak posted:No, but considering it's apparently her fourth kid, she's probably married or cloning herself or something. Laurie's cloning herself to one-up Galvin and keep herself alive til she's 180.
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Toast Museum posted:I don't think you can speak to her intentions, but she claims that the show's Asian characters fall into typical "cunning" or "imitator" stereotypes, and Ed Chen is arguably an example of the former. She specifically cites Jian Yang as an example of the same—his app idea is bad, but he's sneaky and gets one over on Erlich.
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Basically everything Jian Yang has done to screw over Erlich was out of frustration of now being able to do what he wanted. My impression of Jian Yang is that he is a person who is a victim of the "get a cs degree and go to silicon valley and get rich" pitch. It's nothing like he was told it would be and he never gets to do anything that he wants. He's real bitter about it, and Erlich is literally the figurehead for the lies and exploitation he is subjected to, so it makes sense that he pulls one over when he can. Which is mostly when Erlich explains to him how hard it is to evict someone and then tries to evict him...
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Jian Yang is great and Gilfoyle is the only character ever shown as consistently competent at anything.
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Poppyseed Poundcake posted:Jin yang is hugely probrematic. I'm not surprised if gamer gate would defend it. lol
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The article's criticism of Dinesh is particularly dumb. Dinesh created the entire video platform on his own. That clearly shows him to be an exceptionally skilled programmer. He's a terribly flawed human being in many ways, but to say he is a "dumb" character is just wrong.
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phosdex posted:Donald is the most competent character. Who?
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Donald. Donald. Donald. Jared. Jared...
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Jimmy O. Yang/Jian Yang is single-handedly keeping the word "owning" alive.
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Erlich, is the refrigerator running? This is Mike Hunt, and he's rich.
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KIM JONG TRILL posted:The article's criticism of Dinesh is particularly dumb. Dinesh created the entire video platform on his own. That clearly shows him to be an exceptionally skilled programmer. He's a terribly flawed human being in many ways, but to say he is a "dumb" character is just wrong. For real. He was bad at being a CEO, just like all of the characters would be. But he created piperchat.
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