The Lounge: Official Spamzone Community Thread

At least you've caused people to associate the number "61" with "below". Your plan to take over the world one step at a time is working.

 

they are absolutely ruined for me
i can not see either the word or number, no matter the context, without immediately thinking of the name or khv

 

Doing well in Ranked match of League playing with friend
Friend's computer suddenly shuts down
4v5
Friend runs about 3 blocks to my house
My other PC has to install updates for the game
Whole time, other team mates are insulting me and him and constantly trying to engage 4v5's
Friend finally logs in, too late
Lose, reported, etc.

Man this community is

 

I NEED THIS

 

so now when I talk about RID I have to differentiate between the pinnacle of childhood nostalgia and something new I know nothing about

 

theres a rant regarding a certain character and a certain cover and a certain hashtag boiling within me the likes of which the internet has seen many times

 

The bots on khv still make me laugh after all these years

 

This should give you a good laugh, then.

 

I liked the cover. I stopped reading Batgirl when the new creative team started. Not that I disliked the lighter tone, but I like my angry Barbara Gordon because she should be angry. But I'm not mad that they changed tone, I just don't want to follow the creative tone of this particular series anymore. I read a review for Red Hood: Lost Days saying "It's a good story; I just don't like the story that's being told." I feel that way with the current Batgirl run.

However, I completely understand why people were mad at the cover. DC should have released the cover, just not on this creative run for this book.
Then again, it's a freaking variant. You don't have to get that cover. It's the same thing with that sexy Spider-Woman variant. It was drawn by an erotic artist as a variant issue.

It's just eh because the comic book industry has been so...objective when it comes to women, in both cases of over-sexualizing (Spider-Woman) or treating them horribly (Women in Refrigerators, but Batgirl in this case), that the variant issue is an issue, because it shouldn't be one.

EDIT: Quoted the wrong post lol

 

@Princess ♥

 

rant

It hurts me to see people praising the bad episodes of Arrow and Flash and similar shows, like, physically hurts me. Like, I have ice to my chest and I'm inhaling tylenol, hurts me. Praising not only the genuinely good moments, but the moments with absolutely reprehensible human beings embodying every CW-ism imaginable kills me a little.


This episode proved that Iris is a monster. An incomprehensibly selfish and manipulative monster who no thinking person should have the smallest amount of sympathy for. Like.. blatantly. That's literally all it is and nothing else. and then this happens



oh god im gonna be sick

I weep for the people passively absorbing these shows. If it could be broken down into a measurable science, I'd like to know how damaging these shows are to the people who don't think about what they're watching. Why are they not at least questioning this behavior? This behavior where avoiding all communication and manipulating relationships for personal gain is totally acceptable and rewarded with everything working out in the end while the characters face no consequences for their actions.

How can you like that? How can you not see how disgusting that is?

the moral of the story is I need to stay off social media because everyone but me and people who agree with me is dumb and when it involves things I like it ranges from depressing to infuriating

/rant

 

Everyone has the right to their own opinion.

 

please stop saying that
if you're not going to think critically or step back and look at a larger problem, at least do me the kindness of not talking to me like i'm four years old

 

ahhh I really need to get on the SU train, but my sister and I want to watch it together and she has like two jobs and goes to school full time lol

I'm not familiar with the shows in question but I agree with you that it's frustrating when something problematic is portrayed and people defend and, in some cases, love it -- it reminds me of when the last season of Breaking Bad was airing, people kept coming out of the woodwork talking about how Walt is an alright dude and defending him. It made me really sick (especially given the overlap these people had with Skyler-haters -- Skyler is by no means a saint, but a lot of the anger directed towards her is absolutely misogynistic, especially when the same people turn around and praise Walt). It's an issue that shows constantly face when they tackle difficult subjects.

To some degree, I think it is a responsibility of the showrunners to portray things properly. For example, and without getting into too spoiler-y territory, Downton Abbey's fourth season had one of the female characters raped in an incredibly unsettling scene. I'm quite sensitive to rape scenes in general (I walked out of Girl With the Dragon Tattoo after one, I was into the movie but the rape scenes were too much for me to handle) but this was really horrific, especially for network television. Even in the shock of it (and the sadness, the character who was raped is one of my favorites and her actress did a phenomenal job), I was somewhat excited; Downton hadn't gone to complete **** at that point, and I thought it could turn into an interesting look at how rape and rape victims were treated in the 1920s, especially considering that Downton is no stranger to examining women's place in society (the first and second seasons were almost entirely about it). Unfortunately, the writers handled it abysmally, and the rape became more about how the victim's husband dealt with it rather than her. When treading complicated topics, writers have to be very careful, and I think that it's often important that they call out problematic behavior of characters, or at least make it clear that it is problematic -- because to leave it unexcused and unmentioned can send the message to viewers that it's totally okay. It's something Adventure Time does constantly and that I love it for, particularly with PB. She's an incredibly complex character who manipulates basically everyone and generally does some hella questionable things. She's been called on it before (and it's part of what I love about her relationship with Marceline), but never more so than in The Cooler. It makes it easier for me to say that I love Peebles, because the show has made it clear that she does ****** things -- and I'm allowed to like her in spite of them, because she has redeemable qualities and her bad behavior has been called out (and she's worked on changing it). I don't love PB and deny those things, they're part of the complexity of her character which I also love.

Now of course, people are allowed to interpret and find defensible reasons for characters' actions. Returning to Breaking Bad, one can easily argue that Walt went into the drug business for noble reasons (even though I personally disagree with that, but that's another story). One can appreciate the character of Walter White as a great achievement from a writing and an acting standpoint. I love Walter White as a character. I hate Walter White as a person. Breaking Bad is a lot about moral ambiguity and relativism so I understand why there would be some gray area, but I'm similarly mystified by the cult-like worshiping of Walt. I mean, Jesse's scenes in the latter half of season five really drive home how emotionally manipulative Walt has been towards him.

But yeah, point being, I get what you're saying -- it's frustrating when people mindlessly consume entertainment and don't critically think about it -- it needs to be balanced, which is another thing Adventure Time does really well, there are episodes you can just enjoy and have fun with and ones that you could write a dissertation about. To an extent I don't think it's entirely people's fault, as we aren't raised in a society that encourages critical analysis (one of the major failings of the American education system), and oftentimes showrunners too do not lead people towards it. It's also a problem of Twitter, which limits you to 140 characters -- there's not enough space to explain your thoughts on a complex idea or character. But I like to encourage people to think and I like shows that encourage people to think -- and it's disappointing when people don't take the opportunity or, in some cases, completely miss the point.

 

I'm still curious is to why your party in FFXV looks like a 'punk rock' band. Not complaining, just curious.

 

I still haven' t watched Breaking Bad. I watched the first couple episodes with my sis and a pal, that scene with the bathroom had me in tears. Loved the way they phoned it from a mile away. xD

I heard a new shot at X-Files has been announced, that cannot come fast enough.

 

I liked it, but had to watch it in two chunks. I was like "yay another episode where Skyler gets upset"

And for those who may think that's a bit "d-bag-ish" to say. I truthfully didn't like her as a character. Don't get me wrong. I don't know how I would react if I was in her shoes. But holy crap she got annoying after a while.

Other than that, great show. 10/10: would Hank again.

 

breaking bad is basically the best thing ever made by a human

 

Ehhhhhhh