like it's bizarre to me your inability to accept any criticism of cth
― Keak da Sneaky Dianne (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 12 January 2018 02:50 (six years ago) link
Their relationship to CT is not as close as you think? Virgil and Matt seem to have nothing to do with CT, Felix and Amber are friends with them via roommate situations or something. I guess Will is now friends with some of them too.
CumTown is despicable from what I can tell but the most edgelord CTH gets is the "Free Jared Fogle" running joke (which is dumb and should be dropped).
― louise ck (milo z), Friday, 12 January 2018 03:08 (six years ago) link
lmao I've criticized CTH itt!I just don't see why people who make one thing are responsible for another thing, esp when they have separate revenue streams xp
― Simon H., Friday, 12 January 2018 03:08 (six years ago) link
re the Fogle jokes, CTH has gradually she'd most of their edgelordest tendencies, save for Will's congressional ballgame jokes
― Simon H., Friday, 12 January 2018 03:10 (six years ago) link
I'm okay with those tbh but I've seriously considered getting a guillotine tattoo in the past.
― louise ck (milo z), Friday, 12 January 2018 03:13 (six years ago) link
I am also ok with those lol
I feel the need to mention there are multiple threads on the CTH subreddit about what a piece of shit Amber's been of late and they're all correct
― Simon H., Friday, 12 January 2018 03:15 (six years ago) link
that may be so but the cth subreddit remains one of the worst and most cursed places on the internet
― oiocha, Friday, 12 January 2018 14:15 (six years ago) link
lmao you must lead a blessed online life because as far as politically-oriented places on the internet it's remarkably mild/tame
― Simon H., Friday, 12 January 2018 14:17 (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.
― oiocha, Friday, 12 January 2018 14:22 (six years ago) link
not saying this thread isn't equally cursed lol.
online is cursed in general, thankfully lots of cool things are happening far away from it
― Simon H., Friday, 12 January 2018 14:28 (six years ago) link
― pee-wee and the power men (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 12 January 2018 14:32 (six years ago) link
is the objection to the fogle jokes that they somehow harm victims of sexual abuse? Because I kind of think that’s treating victims of sexual abuse like they are made out of tissue paper. It’s not like the jokes are at the expense of the victims. And tbh there is something very darkly funny and indicting is corporate capitalism about the whole subway jared phenomenon.
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Friday, 12 January 2018 14:57 (six years ago) link
my objection is that once I've heard a joke 3 times it can go fuck off
― President Keyes, Friday, 12 January 2018 15:04 (six years ago) link
but yeah I don't see why the Jared jokes are less offensive than the Cosby star photo, just that it's hard for audio to go viral
― President Keyes, Friday, 12 January 2018 15:07 (six years ago) link
shut the fuck up, upper mississippi sh@kedown
― mag gerwig! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 12 January 2018 15:35 (six years ago) link
"I listened to a shock-comedy podcast called Cum Town and was shocked to hear problematic things"
go eat some Cold Pockets
― mag gerwig! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 12 January 2018 15:37 (six years ago) link
I see the sack of shit is leaking again
― ogmor, Friday, 12 January 2018 15:43 (six years ago) link
og less
― mag gerwig! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 12 January 2018 15:44 (six years ago) link
hi whiney how are things?
― Keak da Sneaky Dianne (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 12 January 2018 15:54 (six years ago) link
i'm a little sleepy, having some coffee
― mag gerwig! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 12 January 2018 16:02 (six years ago) link
fucking hell whiney
― #TeamHailing (imago), Friday, 12 January 2018 16:05 (six years ago) link
I hereby demand this be huggèd out forthwith
― #TeamHailing (imago), Friday, 12 January 2018 16:06 (six years ago) link
Cum town coffee mug I hope
― President Keyes, Friday, 12 January 2018 16:08 (six years ago) link
you know i love you, ums
― mag gerwig! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 12 January 2018 16:18 (six years ago) link
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.
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