The Official Woody Woodpecker Thread
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No doubt there are females about whom I'd feel fear / revulsion if I thought about this stuff with them.
Your MomSorry, couldn't resist it. [spoiler]Which, obviously, is what your mom said.[/spoiler]
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@boomzilla said:
No doubt there are females about whom I'd feel fear / revulsion if I thought about this stuff with them.
Your MomSorry, couldn't resist it. [spoiler]Which, obviously, is what your mom said.[/spoiler]
Seems like only normal to those of us who live in non-incestuous families. I wouldn't expect you to understand, Oedipus.
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You make the best soup in an old pot.
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If you can't keep it in your pants, keep it in the family.
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Is a trans functionally equivalent, but not emotionally and psychologically equivalent? Are you admitting that? Because that undermines a lot of what you've said before.
No. I'm saying that, assuming you do have a sexual attraction to the person, the remaining differences between cis and trans people are not relevant to any relationship shorter than, say, six months. i.e. long-term health issues between biological males and biological females are different, which, when those health issues become serious, are definitely relevant to a serious relationship. Also, the ability or lack thereof to be able to procreate is also relevant to a serious relationship, but also irrelevant to a casual sexual relationship.
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I enjoy needling such people until they become enraged. Makes me feel all warm and glowy.
It's okay. Most of us are trolls here.
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I'm saying that, assuming you do have a sexual attraction to the person, the remaining differences between cis and trans people are not relevant to any relationship shorter than, say, six months.
That's cool if that's your stance. But you don't get to dictate that to other people just like I can't tell you to go have relationships with women. You need to stop trying to control other people.
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Am I the only one thinking it would be better if they used Oman?
I was bothered by it when initially watching the show and I am still: it doesn't sound at all like Iran (maybe that's the joke?).
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Being labeled a claustrophobe is not generally something people object to. Being labeled a transphobe for disagreeing with an Idiot Fox is.
The problem is conflating two different types of phobias.
It doesn't make sense to compare irrational fear or anxiety of something with terms for prejudice.As most of the other disagreements in these threads this is caused by incorrect definitions and inaccurate appropriation of existing terms to describe new things.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-wGMlSuX_c
One of the best videos!
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the man did find out the genital incompatibility the hard way.
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If you see two gay men kiss briefly in public as a tasteful PDA and experience revulsion...you are a homophobe.
It's not even really about that.
The American Heritage Dictionary (1992 edition) defines homophobia as "aversion to gay or homosexual people or their lifestyle or culture" and "behavior or an act based on this aversion."
Homophobia is about aversion to homosexual people, not acts. The whole point of this discussion is that humans have this interesting thing called conscious mind which allows them a) not to find the people disgusting even if you're disgusted about what they do, and b) not to blindly act on instinctual aversions.
@flabdablet and others try to conflate the conscious prejudices with subconscious aversions. It's like... say, you don't like tomatoes. Really don't like. They make you sick on sight, and even the thought of biting into a tomato makes you shudder. And here comes @flabdablet, preaching "but how can you not respect the hard work it took to deliver those tomatoes to your plate! Besides, so many people enjoy tomatoes, and I don't mind them on my plate, how can you not? You must be sick or something! What, do you want to ban tomatoes everywhere? Or maybe just murder everyone in the tomato business, why not?! Just shut up, stop being picky and eat your salad with tomatoes."
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They still existed (in write mode) last year
Yeah, that was supposed to be the joke and now you've given it away and they know…
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that was supposed to be the joke
Oh, I thought it was a subtle way of saying you are 4 now.
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Well, it would still be hugely distinguishable:
"I used to be a man"
"I come from Iran"
"I come from Oman"I guess this a-man part was supposed to sound a bit like mispronounciation, understandable, since (s)he's from Iran.
Plus, Iran is actually a country. It owns nuclear warheads.
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Aren't you a smart little snowflake…
I actually have no idea what this emoji is used for, so I'm guessing and hoping I got it right.
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He's Australian.
You actually managed to make it sound like an insult. It
jmust be your pink hair.
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"I used to be a man""I come from Iran""I come from Oman"
IMHO the best would be "I was born a man." where you could really see how it could reasonably be misheard as "I was born in Oman".
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That actually would have been quite good. It's a real shame you weren't on the original scriptwriting team.
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It's a real shame you weren't on the original scriptwriting team.
I was still a toddler when they filmed IT Crowd.
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I was still a toddler when they filmed IT Crowd.
Point still stands...
Filed under: well, actually it wasn't that bad, but you would've definitely improved The Big Bang Theory
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The Big Bang Theory
I'm ashamed to admit it but I haven't seen it. I mean, I have a general idea what it's about and can even successfuly fake understanding the jokes about it but I haven't ever watched a single episode.
Should I?
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Well, even Seth McFarlane would be able to improve the show.
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Friends
Another one I haven't seen.
If I watch a show I watch it from start to end, in one or very few sittings, if I can help it. With how many episodes they have, I think I'll pass.
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True Detective season 2? I don't know anything as bad.
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Should I?
Depends. Do you enjoy listening to self-proclaimed nerds being goofy, embarassing and pathetic around women to the rhythm of a laugh track? At least The IT Crowd had a few jokes that weren't "nerds are bad with girls, haha!".
Well, even Seth McFarlane would be able to improve the show.
I was thinking Aaron Seltzer, but let's have some standards here...
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True Detective
On my list. But with this many flamewars here I never get to progress through that list.
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On my list.
If you skip the second season, it's actually quite short. You should skip season 2.
@obeselymorbid said:But with this many flamewars here I never get to progress through that list.
Well, they're not only more interesting, but also much more thrilling and smart than TD season 2. Second season is as bad the last episode of season 1.I mean, it's worse than the latest Indiana Jones.
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Do you enjoy listening to self-proclaimed nerds being goofy, embarassing and pathetic around women to the rhythm of a laugh track?
I don't think I do.
At least The IT Crowd had a few jokes that weren't "nerds are bad with girls, haha!".
But then I really enjoyed The IT Crowd. Maybe because I like British humour.
I guess I'll just put The Big Bang Theory in the "Watch if there are no interesting flamewars going on and I have already watched everything else worth watching" bucket.
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You should skip season 2.
My CDO won't let me. It's either start to finish or nothing at all.
latest Indiana Jones.
Meh, not the best but watchable.
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But then I really enjoyed The IT Crowd. Maybe because I like British humour.
Well, actually IT Crowd had a lot "nerds arn't really that goofy" jokes, plus brilliant Reynholms. Actually, IT Crowd was all about "people are goofy" jokes. Plus brilliant Easter eggs:
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But then I really enjoyed The IT Crowd.
So did I, it was a joke really. But I seriously dislike TBBT on the account that it tries so hard to be hip with the nerds that it comes off embarassing.
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ut I seriously dislike TBBT on the account that it tries so hard to be hip with the nerds that it comes off embarassing.
QFT
watchable
Exactly. TD s2 is not.
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Colin Farell usually is. i.e. when he's not playing himself, like in Crazy Heart or Cassandra's Dream
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Exactly. TD s2 is not.
Could've been worse, could've been CSI:Miami S10 (AKA the "we know you've run out of ideas and it shows bad, just give us the epic series finale like you managed to pull off a few seasons before and say goodbye" season).
[spoiler]And they fail to deliver that too.[/spoiler]
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I:Miami S10
Actually, haven't seen it. Was it as bad as the last season of the Mentalist?
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the Mentalist
Haven't seen that one actually. I'd say it was kind of like Dexter's last season - nothing really indicates it's the series ending, a bunch of stuff goes unresolved, and it happens in its own vacuum instead of wrapping the whole show up. Except Dexter's final episode did at least end the story, and this one ends almost on a cliffhanger with a few things ([spoiler]there's talk near the end of the season about throwing away the evidence jailing the villain-of-the-season and setting him free because one of the new hires gets accused of tampering and they need to redo her cases. Last episode, they clear her of that, but she ends up being the murderer in the case, so it's for naught anyway.[/spoiler]).
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But I seriously dislike TBBT on the account that it tries so hard to be hip with the nerds that it comes off embarassing.
I can't handle TBBT because of the stupid laugh track. Some shows with laugh tracks I can handle, if they are unobtrusive. Everything by Chuck Lorre has a loud, obnoxious laugh track and is unbearable for me.
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They do not. It just seems that way because they have no
funnyjokes.
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They do not. It just seems that way because they have no funny jokes.
I could never find out for myself. The laugh track is obnoxious.
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I don't really notice the laugh track that much.
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Now you will. Sorry about that.
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Nah, I probably don't really notice it because it doesn't bother me.
I'd watch a few less funny shows if I avoided shows with laugh tracks.
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Chuck Lorre shows have a loud laugh track compared to other shows. I never noticed it until someone pointed it out to me.
On a related note, I pointed out to my dad today that John Boehner is orange. Now he can't not see it.