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LanceHunter
Nov 12, 2016

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Chomp8645 posted:

"All the porn I've come across"


These words would have to be written, like, at least 20 years ago to make any sense.

It was. The rest of the poem is cut off, but it's basically a super-gross description of how he wants porn with "not like other girls" girls. (With a heaping helping of "you're not conventionally attractive so it'll be easier to get with you" subtext.)

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LanceHunter
Nov 12, 2016

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Doctor J Off posted:

Oh yeah I listened to that. It was cathartic

I remember Mike's absolute relief when he realized that the book never once referenced MST3k.

LanceHunter
Nov 12, 2016

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bossy lady posted:

I thought the ecto-1 was an ambulance.

In the 50s they generally used the same vehicle models for both ambulances and hearses, since they were mostly hauling around people on stretchers. (Ambulances becoming more truck-like where the EMTs could stand came a lot later.)

LanceHunter
Nov 12, 2016

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Laterite posted:

I don't know exactly when Ernest Cline wrote that awful porn polemic but the fact he doesn't seem to be aware of the existence of the Suicide Girls or that they've been a thing for like 20+ years makes it even more pathetic.

:ssh: It's not actually about what type of porn Cline likes. :ssh: It's about signaling that he don't like society's beauty standards, and thus women who feel upset and restricted by those standards (which is secretly almost every woman) should totally gently caress him because he will actually appreciate them. It's casting a net for "not like other girls" girls, appealing to their subconscious misogyny by talking about how smart and cool they are while simultaneously talking poo poo about other women (who are all "fake" and "bimbos").

It's basically the nerd predator version of PUA techniques.

LanceHunter fucked around with this message at 16:09 on Dec 1, 2020

LanceHunter
Nov 12, 2016

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Bonaventure posted:

they bite the heads off of live chickens?

Nerd culture today is a cesspool that threatens our very civilization, but at least the tremendously stupid "geek vs nerd" debate (which relies entirely on two arbitrary re-definitions of two made-up social categories) isn't a thing anymore for anyone under 30.

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LanceHunter
Nov 12, 2016

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Randarkman posted:

The words basically mean the same thing now and both are basically worthless as far as actually providing a useful description of a group of people.

e: Also I'm pretty sure Ernest Cline is married. Gross people get laid all the time (as in it's not uncommon).

His wedding announcement goes out of its way to mention that RP1 was getting made by Spielberg.

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