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Read After Burning posted:My favorite is the opposite, when the animal mascot is like "Hell, I'm killing my own species, we're delicious". I remember this logo from a butcher shop that had a crying cow and a little girl standing next to it and saying "Don't cry, cow, you will be sold by X", which is kind of the worst of both options?
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Rocko's Modern Life's opening joke had a great take on it - a Chicken (that we find out the name of during the scene, let's go with Gladys for now) goes to a job interview, is interviewed by another Chicken and is given a uniform. The next day, a machine spits out a ready made fast food chicken dinner, that happens to contain a nametag that says "Hello, My name is Gladys!" It's the perfect way to show that O-Town is a literal dog-eat-dog world where capitalism has gone so far out of control that the citizens see nothing wrong with eating friends and neighbours. They know EXACTLY where their meat comes from, they may have even spoken to them the day before, and they just don't care. Virginia Woolfe, Heffer's mother, is a very sweet woman who'll happily take you up on giving her a driving lesson, but if her family is hungry and you are any kind of ruminant, you may be on her table a few hours later. It's an almost perfect satire of just how cruel that system is. The Woolfe family even Adopted Heffer with the goal of fattening him up and eating him one day, but they just grew attached and changed their minds.
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# ? Jul 20, 2023 21:04 |
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dialhforhero posted:In my own personal experience I believe this is an AI image as I refuse to believe there were any other figures than the styrofoam chicken nugget container and the fries. I have a vague recollection of getting the burger.
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# ? Jul 20, 2023 21:13 |
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OwlFancier posted:I've seen chickens kill and eat their own young, nature is super hosed up. *Makes notes* I see. That's interesting. Now, reaction time is a factor in this test, so please pay attention.
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BioEnchanted posted:Rocko's Modern Life's opening joke had a great take on it - a Chicken (that we find out the name of during the scene, let's go with Gladys for now) goes to a job interview, is interviewed by another Chicken and is given a uniform. The next day, a machine spits out a ready made fast food chicken dinner, that happens to contain a nametag that says "Hello, My name is Gladys!" It's the perfect way to show that O-Town is a literal dog-eat-dog world where capitalism has gone so far out of control that the citizens see nothing wrong with eating friends and neighbours. They know EXACTLY where their meat comes from, they may have even spoken to them the day before, and they just don't care. Virginia Woolfe, Heffer's mother, is a very sweet woman who'll happily take you up on giving her a driving lesson, but if her family is hungry and you are any kind of ruminant, you may be on her table a few hours later. It's an almost perfect satire of just how cruel that system is. The Woolfe family even Adopted Heffer with the goal of fattening him up and eating him one day, but they just grew attached and changed their minds. Similar energy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4xytsouUYo
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ben shapino posted:how are there this many pathetic loving losers on the planet lol can we really not do any better as a species
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# ? Jul 20, 2023 21:48 |
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I appreciate that they animated a shadow of the talking decapitated chicken head on the bathroom wall next to the toilet. Someone took pride in their work.
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BioEnchanted posted:Rocko's Modern Life's opening joke had a great take on it - a Chicken (that we find out the name of during the scene, let's go with Gladys for now) goes to a job interview, is interviewed by another Chicken and is given a uniform. The next day, a machine spits out a ready made fast food chicken dinner, that happens to contain a nametag that says "Hello, My name is Gladys!" It's the perfect way to show that O-Town is a literal dog-eat-dog world where capitalism has gone so far out of control that the citizens see nothing wrong with eating friends and neighbours. They know EXACTLY where their meat comes from, they may have even spoken to them the day before, and they just don't care. Virginia Woolfe, Heffer's mother, is a very sweet woman who'll happily take you up on giving her a driving lesson, but if her family is hungry and you are any kind of ruminant, you may be on her table a few hours later. It's an almost perfect satire of just how cruel that system is. The Woolfe family even Adopted Heffer with the goal of fattening him up and eating him one day, but they just grew attached and changed their minds. I seriously can't believe the poo poo they got away with back in the day. Even as a grade schooler I remember being surprised that some of the gags (Rocko working as a phone sex operator, Heifer getting "milked", the infamous bear teste pinch, etc.) were allowed on TV, especially a "children's" show. poo poo was wild.
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# ? Jul 20, 2023 22:53 |
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Oh bay-bee, oh bay-bee, oh bay-bee.
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# ? Jul 20, 2023 22:57 |
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Heath posted:Oh bay-bee, oh bay-bee, oh bay-bee. Someone out there has a kink where they want to speak with a phone sex worker who reads that script to them in their best Rocko voice and is always left unfulfilled because no one ever gets it right.
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# ? Jul 20, 2023 23:02 |
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Modal Auxiliary posted:I seriously can't believe the poo poo they got away with back in the day. Even as a grade schooler I remember being surprised that some of the gags (Rocko working as a phone sex operator, Heifer getting "milked", the infamous bear teste pinch, etc.) were allowed on TV, especially a "children's" show. I love the recurring thing that Rocko is basically as his name implies a Rock for other characters - a beacon of stability, overall a kind person who has a very long fuse and is a positive influence on the town's inhabitants. But if you gently caress with him or his dog directly that fuse will be cut short. He will explode and it will be VERY ugly for you, as seen in the 99% off sale episode where he nearly starves to death due to not being able to avoid groceries, and the episode where he lets himself get bullied by a lovely stray dog on Garbage day, UNTIL Spunky gets hurt, at which point it's over for that dog. In the episode where Flecko moves in with him and starts taking advantage on a recent rewatch I was actually thinking "No, Flecko, don't do this. If Rocko snaps because you are taking the piss it will end VERY badly for you" and my fears were confirmed when he puts all the bugs in a vacuum cleaner and practically hand delivers them to his insectivore neighbours. He changes his mind at the last minute, but Rocko when angry or defensive can go to VERY dark places.
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https://twitter.com/dilettanterypod/status/1681951859702116353?s=46&t=LuWlVigXSHv3TXi-WVRPYA
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Cower before your great and terrible lord.
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Dewgy posted:
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# ? Jul 20, 2023 23:55 |
Still to this day use GAH-GAH-GAH-GOOEY as an all-purpose expletive of wonder
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# ? Jul 21, 2023 00:20 |
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dialhforhero posted:Yeah and they are the chicken nuggets and fries, yes? Burger, Drink, and Big Breakfast
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# ? Jul 21, 2023 00:58 |
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Dewgy posted:
The King in Yellow Mustard
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# ? Jul 21, 2023 01:03 |
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Inceltown posted:
Did you read the whole thing flynn replied to? It's very sad. quote:Why Me? by Catturd.
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# ? Jul 21, 2023 01:34 |
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Bugsy posted:Did you read the whole thing flynn replied to? It's very sad. "Viscuously"
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# ? Jul 21, 2023 01:40 |
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Riot Carol Danvers posted:My point was, being judged for not caring about the bush in front of my rental house that's surrounded by rocks in the city seems pretty loving weird, but also: lol you don't have to take it personally
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# ? Jul 21, 2023 01:42 |
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Improbable Lobster posted:lol you don't have to take it personally Heath posted:You could just say you're uninterested in the world and uninteresting Elysiume has a new favorite as of 01:47 on Jul 21, 2023 |
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Ahecow
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# ? Jul 21, 2023 01:54 |
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Elysiume posted:Hmm yeah can't imagine why someone who was directly told i didn't do that
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# ? Jul 21, 2023 02:05 |
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Improbable Lobster posted:i didn't do that Didn't you? Improbable Lobster posted:I am of the opinion that anyone that isn't at least a little interested in learning about the plants and animals that are around them every day is incurious to a startling degree and should be studied by scientists to they can be prevented from infecting the rest of the population with their condition.
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# ? Jul 21, 2023 02:21 |
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Improbable Lobster posted:i didn't do that Improbable Lobster posted:A lot of people put there are incredibly understimulated in their daily lives and interacting with nature is a healthy way to stimulate your brain. I am of the opinion that anyone that isn't at least a little interested in learning about the plants and animals that are around them every day is incurious to a startling degree and should be studied by scientists to they can be prevented from infecting the rest of the population with their condition.
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# ? Jul 21, 2023 02:22 |
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There was a neat shrub growing behind my apartment and for years I didn't think about it, then one day I looked it up on a whim to finally find out what it was and my reaction was "oh, it's ambrosia salsola" and I do not feel my life was enriched in any way from knowing that. Why are plants the thing you have to be curious about or else be a boring person? Why is being incurious about what some random plant is named so much worse than being incurious about light fixtures or sidewalk paving or specific car makes and models? Who cares, why are we gatekeeping curiosity.
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# ? Jul 21, 2023 03:58 |
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Elysiume posted:I was addressing why it wasn't unexpected that she'd take the discussion personally rather than saying that was you, but being called "incurious to a startling degree" and saying you should be studied by scientists isn't all that different from what I quoted. IL didn't address that sentiment to Riot Carol Danvers, she just jumped in front of it to make sure we all knew she was represented by that remark of being incurious and took it personally, hence my remark to her The original plant blindness post is written in such a way to draw that kind of insecurity out of people, which is why it's an excellent troll, since it does have that line of truth to it that taking a keener interest in the natural world that surrounds you is on a level above mere hobbyist interest because it forms such a large part of our shared surroundings in a way that is more primal than unnatural things like models of cars and such. The plants keep us and everything else alive on a visceral, moment to moment basis and have intricate networks of being all their own, and for the vast majority of people they form a simple green element of the static backdrop of life, which is a very normal thing but probably shouldn't be, given they've been with us longer than we've been human and will outlast us far beyond anything we create, but for the most part we just walk on them or ignore them. So when someone leaps out of the proverbial bushes to declare how judged they feel for not being interested, or completely misses the point by distilling the sentiment down something completely masturbatory and punctuates that thought by posting the jack off emoticon 3 times in a row just to drive it home, well, they've taken the bait and run with it
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# ? Jul 21, 2023 04:40 |
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Bugsy posted:Did you read the whole thing flynn replied to? It's very sad. I’ve seen plenty of people conflate their posting with activism, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen people conflate it with martyrdom before. Getting banned, sure, but not the simple act of posting. It was fun how it seemed that Elon thought the world was a simulation and the people in it existed to stimulate him (Didn’t he reportedly say this to Grimes, the mother of one of his children?). NPCs to use and abuse as he pleased, except for the one single other real person in the universe with feelings he cared about : catturd2. And now we know that Elon was stewing about it this whole time and has finally found a way to get his revenge.
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# ? Jul 21, 2023 04:47 |
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Posting is serious business. If you ever stop posting, you end up dead.
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# ? Jul 21, 2023 04:49 |
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Rather Dead than Red (texted)
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Heath posted:IL didn't address that sentiment to Riot Carol Danvers, she just jumped in front of it to make sure we all knew she was represented by that remark of being incurious and took it personally, hence my remark to her
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You can't understand the circle of life and the consequences of climate change unless you can tell me the name of that tree over there. Something being "primal" makes it inherently important and good. The natural is more worth your time than the artificial, no matter how irrelevant it may be in your day to day life. Knowing about how society, industry, transport, communication, and technology work? "Mere hobbyism". Memorizing how many leaves a Hooker's Lily has on each stalk? Sublime. And remember, if you're not interested in the things I have decided are important, you must be a dull and incurious person. What? You think my point is stupid and belittling? Wow, must've struck a nerve! Every thing you're insulted by has a grain of truth to it. A hit dog will holler, after all.
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# ? Jul 21, 2023 04:51 |
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I don't want my enjoyment of nature in my daily walks in the park gatekept by what Latin names some white dudes I've never met slapped on 'em.
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# ? Jul 21, 2023 04:53 |
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Heath posted:IL didn't address that sentiment to Riot Carol Danvers, she just jumped in front of it to make sure we all knew she was represented by that remark of being incurious and took it personally, hence my remark to her Speaking as someone who has a better than average knowledge of the plants around me, Jesus Christ shut the gently caress up.
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Cleretic posted:I don't want my enjoyment of nature in my daily walks in the park gatekept by what Latin names some white dudes I've never met slapped on 'em. Too late. The bridge keeper wants you to give the scientific name of a native shrubbery.
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Vib Rib posted:You can't understand the circle of life and the consequences of climate change unless you can tell me the name of that tree over there. Something being "primal" makes it inherently important and good. The natural is more worth your time than the artificial, no matter how irrelevant it may be in your day to day life. Knowing about how society, industry, transport, communication, and technology work? "Mere hobbyism". Memorizing how many leaves a Hooker's Lily has on each stalk? Sublime. And remember, if you're not interested in the things I have decided are important, you must be a dull and incurious person. tl;dr
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Weatherman posted:tl;dr The original post blindness post is written in such a way to draw that kind of insecurity out of people, which is why it's an excellent troll, since it does have that line of truth to it that taking a keener interest in the online world that surrounds you is on a level above mere hobbyist interest because it forms such a large part of our shared surroundings in a way that is more primal than unnatural things like models of cars and such. The forums keep us and everything else alive on a visceral, moment to moment basis and have intricate networks of being all their own, and for the vast majority of people they form a simple goon element of the static backdrop of posting, which is a very normal thing but probably shouldn't be, given they've been with us longer than Lowtax and will outlast us far beyond any threads we create, but for the most part we just post and ignore them. So when someone leaps out of the proverbial leper's colony to declare how judged they feel for not being having a custom avatar, or completely misses the point by distilling the sentiment down something completely masturbatory and punctuates that thought by posting the emoticon 3 times in a row just to drive it home, well, they've taken the bait and run with it
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Bugsy posted:Did you read the whole thing flynn replied to? It's very sad. I will never click show more. --- Community notes are here to clear some things up for everyone too
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What the gently caress did you just loving say about me, you little bitch? I'll have you know I can name literally every plant in my garden, and I've been involved in seasonal sales at various nurseries, and I have over 300 confirmed seedling-to-plant growths. I am trained in gorilla gardening and I'm the top plant-namer in the entire Horticultural Society. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the gently caress out like kudzu creeps over open earth, mark my loving words. You think you can get away with saying that poo poo to me over the Internet? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am harvesting patches of skunk cabbage across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the stink storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You're loving dead, kid. I can garden anywhere, anytime, and I can till dirt in over seven hundred ways, and that's just with my bare hands. Not only am I extensively trained in watering and planting, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the United States Department of Agriculture and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable rear end off the face of the continent, you little poo poo. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little "clever" comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your loving tongue. But you couldn't, you didn't, and now you're paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will poo poo fury all over you and you will drown in my premium-grade natural fertilizer. You're loving dead, kiddo.
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