Dr. Ambiguous wrote:Sunny is lying. We talk about all this with you, the users. Then the mods pretend to discuss it, but instead we just have lots of awesome orgies. Then we randomly pick a solution, completely ignoring any input people have offered. It's a mod secret, but I'm telling you this cause I want to see all of you get angry. Then I'll bribe avi with steak so that he'll distract all of you from this matter by arguing about Israel.
Matthew Notch wrote:All I want is for people who gets their rocks off laughing at people--and yes, for me personally, and maybe unreasonably, that includes public figures--to really stop and question themselves if there isn't a better way.
Matthew Notch wrote:If I had my druthers there's a lot of things we wouldn't talk about here, but I wager that is secretly true of most everyone to some degree.
Matthew Notch wrote:I was reading this awesome article on Gamergate the other day
Tesseracts wrote:Well, this sound basically like the Aviel solution to me. (Everyone changes their personality because it doesn't mesh with someones taste and/or sense of morality.)
Terry Pratchett wrote:The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
Tesseracts wrote:Here's the thing. I grew up watching The Simpsons. It's a TV show which is basically all about how stupid people are. It mocks all kinds of people including public figures. A large portion of the humor I have ever enjoyed in my life is similar. The Onion, South Park, Nostalgia Critic, and yes even Cracked. One of the things Cracked offered was a glimpse into how bizarre and terrible people can get. Especially THOMAS EDISON.
I've said some things here I'm not entirely comfortable with. I sometimes feel kind of bad making fun of bronies, even if the bronies are also terrible people. I feel like it's hard enough to be a fan of cartoon ponies already. So, I can get feeling bad about that, but I can't sympathize with the idea that all mockery is bad. Even mockery of public figures who have far more power over my life than I will ever have over anything. The only "better way" I can conceive of, would be for me to eliminate my sense of humor. That's not really a good option.
Kate wrote:I have also always considered TCS a good place to learn and grow. I've been here since the beginning and I gotta say, some of the best moments I've had are watching Eric or avi or Tess or Marcuse or...just...anyone who's been here that long get better at communicating their points. That's not to say they started off bad or anything, just to say that as we get older, we're hopefully becoming more skilled, and I see that every day here.
Tesseracts wrote:Keep in mind I was responding to NOTCH, a person who thinks all mockery is undesirable. I consider this a rather extreme position.
LaChaise wrote:Okay, this has become too meta. This has gone too far, I suggest we lock the suggestions subforum.
Tesseracts wrote:Crimson, your responses to me always seem rather personal. Keep in mind I was responding to NOTCH, a person who thinks all mockery is undesirable. I consider this a rather extreme position. For someone who hates insults you seem to target me a lot in a way I find unkind. My point is mockery has a place in humor, whether you personally find my posts funny is a different issue. My point in bringing up the Simpsons wasn't to say I'm as good as the Simpsons.
Crimson847 wrote:@Kate: Will respond later when I have more time.Tesseracts wrote:Crimson, your responses to me always seem rather personal. Keep in mind I was responding to NOTCH, a person who thinks all mockery is undesirable. I consider this a rather extreme position. For someone who hates insults you seem to target me a lot in a way I find unkind. My point is mockery has a place in humor, whether you personally find my posts funny is a different issue. My point in bringing up the Simpsons wasn't to say I'm as good as the Simpsons.
That's a problem. I'm certainly angry over this issue at the moment, but I thought I was being civil. What am I doing that makes you feel unfairly attacked?
Citing TV comedies seems like a poor counter to that: I don't think I remember the episode where Matt Groening just took the mic, sat in front of the camera, and started insulting some random kid by name who wrote something on the internet that he didn't like.
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