why do i hate that artist thing that people keep posting on my facebook so much? why am i such a jerk?

Are those supposed to be babies?

I thought they were both senior citizens tbh

it's a simple message, can't really complain about it; so painfully self-evident but we still routinely have conservative politicians using the bootstraps shit to get elected so....

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i just like how this ends

http://jokideo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Suggest-serving-size-meme-resizecrop--.jpg

NO BITCH!...

this is the serving size that I prefer

served

Lots of people posting this, just seems mean, depressing number of shouty men and hacks jokes

http://uproxx.com/webculture/2015/06/ask-el-james/

it's mostly a default "how dare you pretend to be human, let's vivisect this fucker" bit that twitter does every time a billionaire tries to jiu-jitsu social media but it's a bit more acidically misogynistic this go round, yes

tbf, 50 shades is fucking horrible garbage and james appears to be the most lucky plagiarist in the world based on every account i've ever read

Is she a plagiarist in the copying-sentences sense (bad) or just for transposing the Twilight characters (which doesn't seem like a big deal)?

I understand the "vivisect this fucker" thing isn't new, just surprised seems to have gotten Facebook traction with (usually) non-mean friends

At this point I think you gotta be aware of what happens when you (a famous person) put yourself out there. Certainly doesn't excuse the behavior though. The only author I can think of who is somewhat immune to the internet hate machine is JK Rowling. Its there but gets drowned out by millions (billions?) of fans.

The comments section of GRR Martin's blog is hideous.

xxp she's a plagiarist insofar as i understand that she plagiarized the material, characters, verbiage and set pieces not just from Twilight
http://www.adweek.com/galleycat/fifty-shades-of-grey-wayback-machine/50128
but from the fanfic community as well
http://fanlore.org/wiki/Fifty_Shades_of_Grey:_The_Reddit_Origins_Essay

Yeah she basically turned her Twilight fanfic, many portions of which she lifted, into 50 Shades of Grey...
Lots of hay has been made about what this says about the relationships portrayed in Twilight (like you need even more evidence they are creepy than the actual text).

i mean, i may well be wrong as to how much she's ripped this off from other fanfic types as i just have a surface understanding of the situation but i have paged through the book and wow, it is horrible so that in and of itself it should allow some dartboard treatment. it's the anti-woman ad hominem that's exhausting.

otm

For an exhausting (and exhausting, but very entertaining) look at why 50 Shades of Grey is so super terrible, see - http://jennytrout.com/?tag=jenny-reads-50-shades

Hah I read that... or the first three chapters/installments of it. Great snark.

it's the anti-woman ad hominem that's exhausting.

honestly not sure if you mean the twitter comments or the books here

False dichotomy.

does john oliver exist outside of facebook

as with amy schumer (whom he resembles only in social media propagation / meme-ability / thought piece proliferation), it's best just to watch the actual show he stars in and then avoid all the hot air in the wake
i thought the trans segment on this week's show was excellent and timely fwiw

To get back to making fun of nerds . . .

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Gross.

SHOW DON'T TELL PEOPLE

what? no monty python references?

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http://i58.tinypic.com/2vs4ze0.png

LOL what does Donnie Darko have to do with any of this

was hoping that was young tom brady

The American Public #StandsWithDonnie

The American Public sure is sarcastic.

That vegan one must have been made by trolls.

"THE ANIMALS ARE NOT YOURS"

guess all those hours i spent branding them was a waste then

All the animals are mine. All of them.

All your beast are belong to me.

That vegan one must have been made by trolls.

I'm sure I told this story before, but I was dating a humourless vegan who said me inviting him to my BBQ was "like asking me to come around while you lynch some n*****s" (he actually said the word).

So no, I'd take that shit on face value.

you should have played dumb and been all like "wait, so you think lynchings are bad, right? I don't get it"

Haw, I wish I'd thought of that.

https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/l/t1.0-9/11009111_771725119602628_8129628065996525044_n.jpg?oh=f979a1565e19562e5d6091ed142176b2&oe=562A698A

i like it if the ad at the bottom is meant to be the solution to the stress problem.

http://i62.tinypic.com/2uha9ap.png

^^^ ADJUST YOUR PRIVACY SETTINGS = I DON'T SMOKE WEED BUT I GET HIGH
--> TAG YOUR GRANDMA IN A PHOTO = LEGALIZE ALL TEH DRUGS
<-- START A GROUP CALLED "ZZ TOP FANS FOR A WHITER AMERICA" = THE NUANCES OF THE POLITICS OF THE DRUG WAR ARE NOT TO BE OVERSIMPLIFIED, IN 1954 TH

http://40.media.tumblr.com/be8f4b27ee912b7e310441e8480a5cf7/tumblr_msd2aoijVm1r9ju7do1_500.jpg

wait what

"followed along blindly"

jews were like "hm, this hitler guy, let's just see where this takes us before doing anything rash"

lmaooo at sleepingbag's post

http://i.imgur.com/XdCk4IW.png

corporal punishment just for jokes and fun?!

I think that's meant to be satirical.

But igyp.

http://www.chacha.com/question/what-are-the-names-of-bugs-bunny's-parents

inconclusive wrt veracity of above statement

https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/11659432_551577014997132_2040503014001232369_n.jpg?oh=383ef75d4bdfb66ffa210f306ea9b5ce&oe=5611B7A7

But surely atom-talk is the SMALLEST of small-talk?