well that was a worthwhile diversion, thx whiney
― pee-wee and the power men (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 12 January 2018 16:23 (six years ago) link
when the world is ready for cum town they won't settle for hipster dog humor no more
― Hunt3r, Friday, 12 January 2018 16:27 (six years ago) link
np xpost, I just wish we had a thread for actual dirtbag leftists instead of Rolling Perpetually Shocked that Amber's Roomate Says Retard
― mag gerwig! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 12 January 2018 16:28 (six years ago) link
DIRTBAG HARDER, orders ilx poster whiney g weingarten
― pee-wee and the power men (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 12 January 2018 16:30 (six years ago) link
i mean i'm obviously exaggerating but the narcissism of small differences and all that.the idea of going on a reddit page to discuss twitter microcelebrity drama is so bleak.
the idea of going on a reddit page to discuss twitter microcelebrity drama is so bleak.
I only browse there in the rotation of awwww and DIY subreddits I subscribe to but 2/3+ of the sub is news articles and talking about politics. When there is Twitter drama talk it's about the way that drama infects the DSA. They're less obsessive about the podcast than any given mid-00s ILX thread about anything.
― louise ck (milo z), Friday, 12 January 2018 16:39 (six years ago) link
lmao
― Simon H., Friday, 12 January 2018 16:42 (six years ago) link
is the objection to the fogle jokes that they somehow harm victims of sexual abuse?
My objection is overuse and it's not a very good joke - they've never really connected it to a critique of capitalism and marketing (except one episode where they paused and mentioned that Subway actually covered up his assaults).
― louise ck (milo z), Friday, 12 January 2018 16:58 (six years ago) link
me & whiney are cool, in 10 years this won't matter when kids my nephews age can vote and President Notch and VP Pewdiepie are in charge
― Keak da Sneaky Dianne (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 12 January 2018 17:31 (six years ago) link
also a lot of their 'problematic' humor isn't bad because it's problematic but mostly because it's just not that funny? idk i looked up or saw some more of their supposedly troublesome stuff and it seemed like guys who thought they were way funnier than they were
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 12 January 2018 17:35 (six years ago) link
who would be on an ideal ilx-derived us politics podcast
will start the bidding at whiney, fred, morbs and mordy. after 7 episodes they realise they need at least one woman and recruit luna
― #TeamHailing (imago), Friday, 12 January 2018 17:41 (six years ago) link
I always wanted me, maura, J0rdan S. and D-40 to start a snarky, inside-baseball music podcast but I think J0rdan rightly pointed out that we need to keep our jobs
― mag gerwig! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 12 January 2018 17:42 (six years ago) link
or at least he did
― mag gerwig! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 12 January 2018 17:43 (six years ago) link
lol
― #TeamHailing (imago), Friday, 12 January 2018 17:44 (six years ago) link
I’ve been waiting for the lagoon+iatee podcast for years
― The Bridge of Ban Louis J (silby), Friday, 12 January 2018 18:37 (six years ago) link
If the objection is just that the Jared/Cosby jokes aren't funny enough to warrant being offensive, I can get behind that.
As for CumTown, I can't even remotely defend it. It's just an hour a week of compartmentalized nihilism for me, but it's probably not good for the soul even at that.
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Friday, 12 January 2018 19:32 (six years ago) link
I shudder at the subscribers who simply must have two hours of compartmentalized nihilism a week
― Simon H., Friday, 12 January 2018 19:52 (six years ago) link
holy shit the cum town guys make $27k a month from patreon?!
― pee-wee and the power men (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 12 January 2018 20:04 (six years ago) link
Yeah, it's pretty insane. Each of them make a very nice full-time living from doing two hour-long bs podcasts per week that also serves as great marketing for their standup gigs. I think Nick even does the "production," as it were, himself, which I can't imagine takes more than another few hours a week all-in. At least Chapo pay a separate guy to record and actually do some real editing.
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Friday, 12 January 2018 20:10 (six years ago) link
I just wish we had a thread for actual dirtbag leftists instead of Rolling Perpetually Shocked that Amber's Roomate Says Retard
You’re in luck, we do.
Is the West Experiencing a Left-Wing Drift? (the international left politics activism, news, and strategy thread)
― Crazy Display Name Haver (kingfish), Friday, 12 January 2018 20:58 (six years ago) link
Checking in:
https://graphtreon.com/creator/chapotraphouse
https://graphtreon.com/creator/cumtown
And just for amusement:
https://graphtreon.com/creator/ericgarland
― Crazy Display Name Haver (kingfish), Friday, 12 January 2018 21:03 (six years ago) link
lol at eric garland
$81 a month is still too much obv
― pee-wee and the power men (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 12 January 2018 21:13 (six years ago) link
further amber-adjacent shenanigans, this time from some snowflake prof at nyu who needs a safe space
A New York University liberal studies professor known for his tweets fighting back against PC culture filed a defamation lawsuit against the school and four colleagues last week over a string of claims he said were false, the New York Post reported.Plaintiff Michael Rectenwald's case named the school, associate professor Jacqueline Bishop, adjunct professor Amber Frost, professor Carley Moore and Theresa Senft, whom the Post described as an ex-assistant professor, as defendants. Rectenwald alleged that a May email thread sent to more than 100 NYU staffers included “malicious” statements -- and that NYU didn’t prevent the “nasty screed,” the Post reported. The emails reportedly called him an “Adderall-filled bully” and “right-wing misogynist,” among other things.Rectenwald is known for using the Twitter handle @antipcnyuprof and tweeting under the pseudonym “Deplorable NYU Prof.” He came forward in October 2016.His lawsuit claimed Senft made fun of him in an email to the liberal studies department in May 2017 -- one day after he tweeted about a “deplorable prof”-related advance from a publisher, the Post added.Bishop, Frost and Moore are among those accused of making disparaging remarks.Frost allegedly said Rectenwald was a “right-wing misogynist,” while Bishop allegedly claimed Rectenwald arrived at staff meetings “high and incoherent with your tongue sticking out the side of your mouth.”“It’s very painful to be accused of things that you haven’t done and have no basis in fact,” Rectenwald told the newspaper. A NYU spokesman told the Post, “This lawsuit is without merit.”The university and the other defendants did not immediately respond to Fox News' requests for comment.
Plaintiff Michael Rectenwald's case named the school, associate professor Jacqueline Bishop, adjunct professor Amber Frost, professor Carley Moore and Theresa Senft, whom the Post described as an ex-assistant professor, as defendants.
Rectenwald alleged that a May email thread sent to more than 100 NYU staffers included “malicious” statements -- and that NYU didn’t prevent the “nasty screed,” the Post reported. The emails reportedly called him an “Adderall-filled bully” and “right-wing misogynist,” among other things.
Rectenwald is known for using the Twitter handle @antipcnyuprof and tweeting under the pseudonym “Deplorable NYU Prof.” He came forward in October 2016.
His lawsuit claimed Senft made fun of him in an email to the liberal studies department in May 2017 -- one day after he tweeted about a “deplorable prof”-related advance from a publisher, the Post added.
Bishop, Frost and Moore are among those accused of making disparaging remarks.
Frost allegedly said Rectenwald was a “right-wing misogynist,” while Bishop allegedly claimed Rectenwald arrived at staff meetings “high and incoherent with your tongue sticking out the side of your mouth.”
“It’s very painful to be accused of things that you haven’t done and have no basis in fact,” Rectenwald told the newspaper.
A NYU spokesman told the Post, “This lawsuit is without merit.”
The university and the other defendants did not immediately respond to Fox News' requests for comment.
― pee-wee and the power men (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 15 January 2018 14:06 (six years ago) link
good production joke at the very end of this latest one
― Simon H., Monday, 15 January 2018 14:08 (six years ago) link
this guy was doomed from birth by the surname 'rectenwald', honestly
― pee-wee and the power men (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 15 January 2018 14:15 (six years ago) link
literally translates as "Rectal Forest"
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Monday, 15 January 2018 14:56 (six years ago) link
the woods are lovely, dark and deep
― pee-wee and the power men (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 15 January 2018 15:03 (six years ago) link
and I have leftists to make weep
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 15 January 2018 15:10 (six years ago) link
black lives to troll before I sleep
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Monday, 15 January 2018 15:13 (six years ago) link
this is good praxis comrades
― pee-wee and the power men (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 15 January 2018 15:21 (six years ago) link
speaking of good praxis, so we're all giving chelsea manning our money right
― Simon H., Monday, 15 January 2018 15:25 (six years ago) link
were i not a filthy foreigner i probably would, aye
― pee-wee and the power men (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 15 January 2018 15:26 (six years ago) link
who is she primarying?
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Monday, 15 January 2018 15:26 (six years ago) link
I dunno, is Ben Cardin worth primarying?
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 15 January 2018 15:28 (six years ago) link
btw, if you want a really promising up-and-coming young berniecrat to support, I also recommend Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, running for the house in NY-14. Current holder is a shithead machine dem and there's not going to be a serious republican challenger so the primary is the race.
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Monday, 15 January 2018 15:28 (six years ago) link
Benjamin L. Cardin, apparently. An amusing wrinkle:http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-11-24/news/bs-md-cardin-espionage-20111124_1_cardin-bill-bradley-manning-diplomatic-cables
― Simon H., Monday, 15 January 2018 15:32 (six years ago) link
cardin sux
manning won't win the primary but it's sure gonna be an interesting uh national conversation that'll happen about this, such as it is
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 15 January 2018 15:37 (six years ago) link
I don't know much about Cardin other than his not being a particularly charismatic but reliable Democratic vote (and I knew about his Espionage Act crap already).
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 15 January 2018 15:40 (six years ago) link
Ben Cardin is exactly the kind of Dem that should be primaried, in my very limited understanding.
― Frederik B, Monday, 15 January 2018 15:44 (six years ago) link
it's gonna be a horrible shitshow on numerous levels for sure
gotta admire chelsea's courage in deciding to stand in the face of it anyway
― pee-wee and the power men (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 15 January 2018 15:51 (six years ago) link
does this mean it will be cool to like wikileaks again
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 15 January 2018 15:54 (six years ago) link
no
― pee-wee and the power men (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 15 January 2018 15:55 (six years ago) link
Pareene another one of those guests who slots in perfectly as a co-host.
But goddamn do they need to use headphones and more robust hosting since they continually talk over each other
― Crazy Display Name Haver (kingfish), Monday, 15 January 2018 17:30 (six years ago) link
a friend of mine is dating manning & she's been vaguebooking all week about "something big coming"
this is not what i thought it'd be
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 15 January 2018 18:41 (six years ago) link
how could u have guessed it would be that she would be outed as a russian disinformation agent on social media by some guy who, confusingly, shares her surname
― grim-n-gritty hooty reboot (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 15 January 2018 18:44 (six years ago) link
well Peyton's got a lot of time on his hands now
― bhad and bhabie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 15 January 2018 19:05 (six years ago) link
Ev’rybody gotta have a hobby
― Crazy Display Name Haver (kingfish), Monday, 15 January 2018 19:21 (six years ago) link
The NYT, which helped lie out way into an illegal, immoral war, has opinions in it's headlines. https://t.co/syNQXDUU6S— David Kaib (@DavidKaib) January 14, 2018
Chelsea Manning, who was found guilty of leaking more than 700,000 government files to WikiLeaks, files for a Senate run in Maryland. https://t.co/nsry7wOetT— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) January 13, 2018
― Crazy Display Name Haver (kingfish), Monday, 15 January 2018 19:26 (six years ago) link
I'm not sure what 'dirtbag' means in this context. Can someone define it?
― Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 17:49 (six years ago) link
having your mattress directly on the ground
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 17:53 (six years ago) link
A more precise label might be the Dirtbag Left, a term coined by the writer Amber A’Lee Frost, who is Biederman’s roommate, and who, this week, officially joined the “Chapo” roster. In an essay for Current Affairs, Frost argued that while vulgarity isn’t “inherently subversive,” it can help tarnish the unearned prestige of the powerful—something that many Democrats, as well as Republicans, hunger to do. We can either “reclaim vulgarity from the Trumps of the world,” she wrote, or “find ourselves handicapped by civility.”“Chapo Trap House” has embraced this mission. “If you sleep on a mattress on the floor and fuck in a sleeping bag, then you just might be the dirtbag left!” Menaker told Paste. “If you’re the only dude at a function not wearing a pocket square in a linen blazer and adulting like a boss, then you’re in the dirtbag left!” People who belong to the Dirtbag Left, Christman said, aren’t afraid “to offend the sensibilities of ‘leftist’ language police whose only goal is sabotaging social solidarity in order to maintain their brands as arbiters of good taste and acceptable speech.”
“Chapo Trap House” has embraced this mission. “If you sleep on a mattress on the floor and fuck in a sleeping bag, then you just might be the dirtbag left!” Menaker told Paste. “If you’re the only dude at a function not wearing a pocket square in a linen blazer and adulting like a boss, then you’re in the dirtbag left!” People who belong to the Dirtbag Left, Christman said, aren’t afraid “to offend the sensibilities of ‘leftist’ language police whose only goal is sabotaging social solidarity in order to maintain their brands as arbiters of good taste and acceptable speech.”
― louise ck (milo z), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 17:54 (six years ago) link