Re: Offseason General Show Chat
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Master_Twig
Hey look, a bee. - Joined: Feb 18, 2011
Moderators: Perrydotto, Dexanth, Venusy, Wayoshi
Master_Twig wrote:Yeah, but lets not act like there aren't a lot of Bronies out there doing things that deserve to be mocked. Sure, there's a raging flame against Bronies, but Bronies are giving them LOTS of fuel. Hell, I find a lot of the Brony mockery that goes on in Something Awful even more funny because I do like the show. It gives me a perspective of "Yeah, I like the show, but thank god I'm not like those people." Some may say I'm being an elitist, but whatever. I'm perfectly happy liking the show for what it is and getting a laugh at people who take it way too seriously. If that makes me a bad person, so be it.![]()
Of course there are a lot of people on SA that overreact to bronies. But there's overreaction to a lot of stuff on the internet. It's the freakin internet. And Something Awful was founded around making fun of weirdos on the internet. That's just what it does. Banning Ponies from PYF threads outside the Weird Fanart Thread was a necessary step, because Brony Goons were flooding damn near every thread with pony pictures. It had to be done.
Sobana wrote:I thought those memes came from 4chan. From what I heard of it so far it seems like it would be opposed to memes. I can't imagine it being that big while costing money to join. Why do they charge money to join?
If what you say is true is sounds a lot like a paid 4chan only more elitist.
ROBOT B9 wrote:You can't see it unless you have an account. I never made one so I can't access it anymore.
Sobana wrote:Is it worth going there today?
Passport Clean wrote:All I really know about Something Awful is that Paul "Ettin" Matijevic is a big presence on their tabletop gaming forum, and that site apparently formed who he is. For those not into tabletop games, Ettin is one of the pettiest, most manipulative and unethical moderators on rpgnet, the largest roleplaying game forum, which is known for terrible mods. Basically an unprincipled troll put in charge of deciding who is or is not a troll. Regularly stokes witch hunts over whatever the current "thoughtcrimes" are.
If that's a sample of their culture, I shudder to imagine the level of discourse there.
ShieldedDiamond wrote:I will never understand these.
ROBOT B9 wrote:Maybe it's because I'm not Australian, but that is just incomprehensible to me.
ROBOT B9 wrote:Just noticed that the castle is labelled "welfare", "pension" and "medicare". Don't know why they would be swayed by Rainbow Dash.
Bakertoons wrote:
Passport Clean wrote:
The Rainbow Dash is Tony Abbott, the current prime minister and head of the Liberal Party (note the shield of one of the politicians). He is frequently depicted with large ears and a prominent chin. Rainbow Dash was chosen because of this real life image of Abbott wearing a rainbow hair net back in his health minister days:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2007-11-08/m ... bow/720392
The tin can hat is a reference to this story (fourth paragraph from the bottom):
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/ ... 2hvvo.html
example of the tin can cartoons:
http://www.nma.gov.au/__data/assets/ima ... and480.jpg
The rest of the cartoon is the usual story about welfare reform maneuvering.
PaulloDEC wrote:
Wait, you mean the big Trojan horse isn't supposed to be Abbott? I thought the Dash looked more like Joe Hockey.
PaulloDEC wrote:
Wait, you mean the big Trojan horse isn't supposed to be Abbott? I thought the Dash looked more like Joe Hockey.