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nomadologique posted:astatue of cecil rhode s is not loving art lmbo By any reasonable definition of art, yes it is.
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Apr 13, 2016 00:28
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sure Gaddafi was a bad dude by modern standards but maybe the people who tore down his statues are the real monsters makes u think
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Apr 13, 2016 00:29
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Germstore posted:By any reasonable definition of art, yes it is. In exactly the same way that the artists poo poo in a can is.
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Apr 13, 2016 00:30
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8-Bit Scholar? More like two-bit shitposter.
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Apr 13, 2016 00:31
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I'm going to go to Oxford and benefit from what Rhodes did in a very real way- but- I don't want to think about that- so if you could just go ahead and take down that statue- that'd be great.
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Apr 13, 2016 00:31
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sorry monuments to self aggrandizing rich dudes only count as art (a) after 500 years and/or (b) if they are any good, instead of totally uninteresting here is an example of a monument (to a writer, not a self aggrandizing rich dude) that is good, and is therefore art  there is no "reasonable definition" of art motherfucker, people cut each other throat's over this stuff
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Apr 13, 2016 00:32
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staberind posted:In exactly the same way that the artists poo poo in a can is. Feces Jesus is the exception of poo poo Art because it makes everyone complicit in it's message
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Apr 13, 2016 00:32
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Unless there were early 20th century 3d printers that I don't know about, yeah it's art.
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Apr 13, 2016 00:33
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i guess your reasonable definition of art includes thomas kinkaid then, and now i am alternately furious and amused. regardless, the idea that human hands produced a thing is what makes it art opens up a gigantic shitstorm. weee. so many oppositions to that idea they can barely be enumerated.
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Apr 13, 2016 00:34
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nomadologique posted:sorry monuments to self aggrandizing rich dudes only count as art (a) after 500 years and/or (b) if they are any good, instead of totally uninteresting How exactly is a statue created three decades after Rhodes died, "self aggrandizing?"
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Apr 13, 2016 00:34
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bc he took all his money and gave it all around w the implicit understanding that they'd name poo poo after him and put pictures of him up all over the place. have you ever visited a college campus? "i would like to make a 300 million donation. oh, you want to name a building after me? how thoughtful!"
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Apr 13, 2016 00:36
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"If it is art then man, I'd be a real idiot illiberal rear end in a top hat, therefore it must not be art."
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Apr 13, 2016 00:37
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gently caress this unamerican rear end in a top hat, we are changing his name to Freedom Fry
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Apr 13, 2016 00:37
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If I were a millionaire and I donated a bunch of money to an institution of higher learning I'd expect a statue, too.
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Apr 13, 2016 00:38
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basement jihadist posted:gently caress this unamerican rear end in a top hat, we are changing his name to Freedom Fry
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Apr 13, 2016 00:39
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Applewhite posted:If I were a millionaire and I donated a bunch of money to an institution of higher learning I'd expect a statue, too. But don't you see? The fattest, most worthless generation in history is triggered by that statue and demands it be removed immediately!
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Apr 13, 2016 00:40
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The idea being that there is a tenure that goes with the building as "Resident Sex Haver" and you donate a long time before you die.
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Apr 13, 2016 00:42
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staberind posted:The idea being that there is a tenure that goes with the building as "Resident Sex Haver" and you donate a long time before you die. Screw that, I'd want to be Resident Ghost and be allowed to scare people whenever I want
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Apr 13, 2016 00:43
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The artist, Marion Walgate, was featured at the Royal Academy three times, so someone seemed to think she was an artist. Oh well, better erase her accomplishments because you don't like the subject matter.
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Apr 13, 2016 00:45
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natetimm posted:But don't you see? The fattest, most worthless generation in history is triggered by that statue and demands it be removed immediately! You know that's another thing that bugs me. When did conquerors stop being cool? Caesar and Alexander the Great and Ghengis Khan were rad as hell and anyone should be proud to have a statue of any of them on their campus.
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Apr 13, 2016 00:46
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A conqueror would tear down the statue on their own power instead of writing a think piece demanding the administration send out some of their poorly-paid minority laborers to do it.
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Apr 13, 2016 00:51
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This generation needs to be reminded of what a *real man* looks like. It's time again to link the video of my masculine role model: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=082y805mkA8
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Apr 13, 2016 00:56
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Too low of a voice. Needs to sing soprano.
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Apr 13, 2016 00:58
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GBS is now making GBS threads on Stephen Fry and defending trigger warnings for stuff by Shakespeare? I can't keep up with you assholes anymore. gently caress you guys, I'm going full curmudgeon. I'm reinstalling XP, and I'm gonna go play some MUDs. Dicks.
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Apr 13, 2016 01:00
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how me a frog posted:Our Jimmy Savile, who touched the lives of so many young people. He sure touched a lot of children (with he dick) (allegedly): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Savile_sexual_abuse_scandal
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Apr 13, 2016 01:08
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trigger warnings are cool, I'll take any excuse not to read
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Apr 13, 2016 01:15
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Without reading the thread, I'm just going to assume the vast majority people who are super angry at Fry are the same people who are staunch supporters of trigger warnings in the first place, i.e. those who have zero personal history with sexual abuse and blither on about microaggressions. But I'm sure that this thread is full of well written thought pieces that prove me wrong, right?
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Apr 13, 2016 01:35
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It's like people who hate safe spaces need a safe space from safe spaces. It is the eternal continuum of outrage.
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Apr 13, 2016 01:51
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I am of the opinion that Fry expressed his view rather carelessly / insensitively but also that his comments have been taken wildly out of context so I guess the truth is somewhere in the middle?
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Apr 13, 2016 01:54
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Hello Hellthread.
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Apr 13, 2016 01:57
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Al Cowens posted:Hello Hellthread. Hail Hydra
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Apr 13, 2016 01:59
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City of Tampa posted:Stephen Fry was a real rear end in a top hat about Miami on that show he had where he drove a london taxi across America, I don't think he even actually checked it out, he just dissed it. Like how does a rich gay dude not love Miami? His commentary on my home in that show was essentially, 'Yep, and then on the other side of the river there's that swamp. Moving along....'
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Apr 13, 2016 02:02
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Art has to be destroyed or we would be all living like loving hoarders surrounded by piles of lovely finger paintings and rotting books Much like fry needs to be destroyed
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Apr 13, 2016 02:03
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Goffer posted:living like loving hoarders surrounded by piles of lovely finger paintings and rotting books yeah but that's pretty much England's thing, everything being really old and molding and kinda poo poo
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Apr 13, 2016 02:07
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I was lying on the grass one day at colege and an old highschool trauma made a wisp of cloud appear to me under the aspect of a different opinion. as i was directly outside the chancellors office, and could see thru the window that he was otherwise unoccupied, i imediately got up, brushed the grass of my back and marched straight inside my bedroom where i addresed an email to the chancellor about my human rights. ive never clicked a mouse as hard as when i sent that email straight into my draftbox because i have anxiety.
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Apr 13, 2016 02:41
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Stuntman posted:seriously, though, what's caused this 2016 influx of 2004-style bigots like the OP to this forum? changed gbs format? You are in every one of these threads throwing "BIGOT" around in less than an hour. You call people on the internet bigots like it's your job, dude. Your job sucks.
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Apr 13, 2016 03:25
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Watch his bp/new orleans documentary looooooooooooooool
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Apr 13, 2016 03:27
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i don't like english potato-chin man.
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Apr 13, 2016 03:30
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Wulfolme posted:You are in every one of these threads throwing "BIGOT" around in less than an hour. You call people on the internet bigots like it's your job, dude. Your job sucks. man this agravates an old trauma in me. I wish you hadnt gone there. the word bigot singlehandedly sent my jumbo spigot company out of business,and my life has never really recovered.
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I've noticed a real increase in bigots ever since I redefined "bigot" as anyone who disagrees with me. Very disturbing.
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