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Jurgan posted:I know of one book where a king murders a bunch of babies, and a couple chapters later Satan himself tells the protagonist he could gain power by worshipping him. And this book is available in every major library. If it helps, the majority of these people don't actually bother to read the Bible, they just let their leaders pick passages and tell them what to think about them. For the people that do read it, remember that the problem is the struggle between The World and God; the Bible is the Word of God, and therefore can contain whatever and it's still fine, because God. Nothing is good or bad in itself, it's all to do with where it came from, which is why people who behave in a manner along the lines of what Christ actually encouraged can still be sinners going to Hell, because they don't do the right church things and therefore are secretly influenced by Satan.
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This is a long loving way to go for a Fountains of Wayne joke.
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Henchman of Santa posted:Also the book in question is a YA novel about overcoming prejudice, which has been smeared by people quoting racist characters saying racist things as if that's the message. That review they linked recaps the whole book with quotes and page numbers and stuff, and parts of it sound kind of amazing. Toward the end of the book the character is walking around dressed in a fantasy Nazi youth getup to "blend in" now that the fantasy Nazis are taking over and she keeps getting all mad at her POC friends for questioning her on it, because she thinks she's all woke and poo poo now, even though she's still being pretty racist. It's like at no point did the reviewer question that maybe the reader isn't supposed to agree with the main character.
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Henchman of Santa posted:Also the book in question is a YA novel about overcoming prejudice, which has been smeared by people quoting racist characters saying racist things as if that's the message. I hadn't heard of that book until now but I suddenly want to read/listen to it just out of spite. Burn the internet to the ground.
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I like the full circle of white people calling out prejudice in a really self congratulating way, just to have more white people call them out for it in a really self congratulating way. E: Also, I'm white so there's an extra layer for you. We are all loving terrible. veni veni veni has a new favorite as of 06:49 on Aug 9, 2017 |
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Well thanks all for clarifying what mansplaining is. This whole time I was mildly confused how were supposed to be a dude and explain something on the internet without being condescending through a medium where tone is largely impossible to discern.
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RareAcumen posted:Well thanks all for clarifying what mansplaining is. This whole time I was mildly confused how were supposed to be a dude and explain something on the internet without being condescending through a medium where tone is largely impossible to discern. Well, actually
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Stories were the main character is not supposed to be the good guy are always risky because there's going to be a part of the audience that just will not get it. RareAcumen posted:Well thanks all for clarifying what mansplaining is. This whole time I was mildly confused how were supposed to be a dude and explain something on the internet without being condescending through a medium where tone is largely impossible to discern. You're welcome 
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Fathis Munk posted:Stories were the main character is not supposed to be the good guy are always risky because there's going to be a part of the audience that just will not get it. Classic example: A Clockwork Orange
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Fathis Munk posted:Stories were the main character is not supposed to be the good guy are always risky because there's going to be a part of the audience that just will not get it. You mean the protagonist? Darth Vader is the main character of the original trilogy, and he's pretty unambiguously not a good person.
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Or Fight Club. I once saw a guy on Facebook talk about how great getting into the local right wing scene was, like you were in on something most people weren't and strangers would give you discreet nods in the street and it "felt like in Fight Club", and I was like "uuuuhkay I guess someone missed the part where the camaraderie and all that was the actual precursor to literal called-by-name domestic terrorism."
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the weirdest part about A Clockwork Orange fandom is that every Halloween you see some females dressed up as droogs do they not realize they're glorifying rape?
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Ein cooler Typ posted:the weirdest part about A Clockwork Orange fandom is that every Halloween you see some females dressed up as droogs Feeeemales
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Ein cooler Typ posted:the weirdest part about A Clockwork Orange fandom is that every Halloween you see some females dressed up as droogs coole typen sagen women statt female
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Blade_of_tyshalle posted:You mean the protagonist? Darth Vader is the main character of the original trilogy, and he's pretty unambiguously not a good person. I'm not sure I'm following, is there a distinction between main character and protagonist? I figured they are pretty much interchangeable.
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Goa Tse-tung posted:coole typen sagen women statt female ich bin wirklich kein cooler typ 
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Fathis Munk posted:I'm not sure I'm following, is there a distinction between main character and protagonist? I figured they are pretty much interchangeable. What about Fu Manchu novels? Or Frankenstein? (I don't have answers I'm just asking  )Or Dracula.
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Fathis Munk posted:I'm not sure I'm following, is there a distinction between main character and protagonist? I figured they are pretty much interchangeable. Story centers around the main character, but the protagonist is the person we follow who does things. They're usually the same, but not always. Anakin was both, but those roles are split between Luke and Vader starting with Empire. As a whole, the original trilogy is the story of Vader's redemption through Luke.
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Midnight Voyager posted:What's with these loving people and being like "This is evil because THE VILLAINS are assholes"??? They're idiots. What really puzzles me about trying to make out Pokemon is evil, is why don't they just say "This cartoon is about children capturing wild animals and forcing them to fight"? I suppose that would also require them to watch the show rather than go off what someone else told them.
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Scratch Monkey posted:Classic example: A Clockwork Orange An example Millennials will understand: Breaking Bad.
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Sunswipe posted:They're idiots. Because they don't care about cruelty to animals, probably
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Midnight Voyager posted:What's with these loving people and being like "This is evil because THE VILLAINS are assholes"??? Ein cooler Typ posted:the weirdest part about A Clockwork Orange fandom is that every Halloween you see some females dressed up as droogs
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Ein cooler Typ posted:the weirdest part about A Clockwork Orange fandom is that every Halloween you see some females dressed up as droogs It's Halloween, you're supposed to dress up as something scary to go guising. Though going by your description of women as females I assume you're disappointed they don't go dressed up as sexy droogs.
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Blade_of_tyshalle posted:Story centers around the main character, but the protagonist is the person we follow who does things. They're usually the same, but not always. Anakin was both, but those roles are split between Luke and Vader starting with Empire. As a whole, the original trilogy is the story of Vader's redemption through Luke. Huh yeah makes sense.
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Shirec posted:I saw that story cause Roxanne Gay tweeted about it and all of a sudden she was getting tut-tutted/lightly attacked for it. Tweets asking how she can comment since she isn't a YA author. I will say, Ms. Gay doesn't take poo poo from anyone, she's a very refreshing follow. Some of the tweets were deleted already The worst fandoms are, without fail, the ones where adults get into things made for kids. Kekistan is still trying to take down Google for firing the guy who said women evolved to be bad at computers  I wonder how much data you'd have to store before Google even noticed.
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zoux posted:I wonder how much data you'd have to store before Google even noticed. Basically, their existing data is the equivalent of about a billion entirely full free-tier Google Drive accounts.
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But oh lord it would keep these fellas busy (edit: proving how good they are at computers) 
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zoux posted:Kekistan is still trying to take down Google for firing the guy who said women evolved to be bad at computers
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Question Mark Mound posted:It was estimated a few years ago that they have 10-15 exabytes of data already. We'll assume it's 15, since Google Drive gives you 15 GB of data for free so that's handy. Luckily the Top Kek army is billions strong.
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What was the youtube statistic, several hundred hours of new material get uploaded every minute? I think Google can take it, you guys. Plus they have to generate 15 GB of random data first... are we entirely sure Google is who this tip is supposed to hurt?
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maswastaken posted:I wonder how much money their ISPs will make when they all upgrade to the data cap they need to ever fill up a paid-for account. Like they're going to use their home internet. Want to see their explanations to HR why they clogged their corporate bandwidth getting back at Google.
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While "women are genetically predisposed to be bad at coding" is a dipshit opinion, I'm not sure about this trend of trying to redefine dipshit opinions you don't agree with as violence.
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Is that assortment of profiles supposed to show that Google is in fact filled with women? Idgi
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Fathis Munk posted:Is that assortment of profiles supposed to show that Google is in fact filled with women? Idgi I'm glad it's not just me who is confused as to what that image is supposed to tell me.
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