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bossymarmalade) wrote2009-03-12 12:47 pm
bossymarmalade) wrote2009-03-12 12:47 pm
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marge, my friend, i haven't learned a thing
Okay, um ... between Elizabeth Bear's Cease Fire post and ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
annafdd's new one here, are people just ... not understanding what Swift was getting at when he wrote "A Modest Proposal"? Is there some kind of group-consciousness misconception going on, like how bunches of people thought Jimi Hendrix was singing "'scuse me while i kiss this guy'? Because SERIOUSLY NOW Y'ALL. Somebody explain this to me (hopefully through a comment that grasps the concept of satire).
Also: I was catching up on comments andon_earth enlightened me as to Avatar movie casting director DeeDee Ricketts' self-satisfied touting of her "skillz" as published on her website. Go look, it's a guaranteed good time.
disclaimer: "good time" may be understood to mean "laughing in disbelief that somebody could be so stupid" OR "tearing your hair out by the roots" OR "wondering how people like this are allowed drivers' licenses much less careers".
In closing, I liked this with regard to people getting pissed about being "pressured" to post about RaceFail 09. I don't think everybody needs to post. People process things in different ways. But taking the time to write a big angry screed detailing all the reasons you haven't and won't, paired with silence on the actual issues? What the hell is the point?
annafdd's new one here, are people just ... not understanding what Swift was getting at when he wrote "A Modest Proposal"? Is there some kind of group-consciousness misconception going on, like how bunches of people thought Jimi Hendrix was singing "'scuse me while i kiss this guy'? Because SERIOUSLY NOW Y'ALL. Somebody explain this to me (hopefully through a comment that grasps the concept of satire).Also: I was catching up on comments and
on_earth enlightened me as to Avatar movie casting director DeeDee Ricketts' self-satisfied touting of her "skillz" as published on her website. Go look, it's a guaranteed good time.disclaimer: "good time" may be understood to mean "laughing in disbelief that somebody could be so stupid" OR "tearing your hair out by the roots" OR "wondering how people like this are allowed drivers' licenses much less careers".
In closing, I liked this with regard to people getting pissed about being "pressured" to post about RaceFail 09. I don't think everybody needs to post. People process things in different ways. But taking the time to write a big angry screed detailing all the reasons you haven't and won't, paired with silence on the actual issues? What the hell is the point?