its a parody/satire......isnt Bias the point? its not like its an argument or what everMr. Omega said:Ok, the Sony got a laugh out of me.
Still, there is VERY blatant bias here, but it's just business as usual here on this site...
I especially loved:Sylveria said:snip
Seriously, don't you think it takes away from the efficacy of your insults when they are worded in a way that would make Orwell cringe? Every word of your brief post radiates arrogance. Why do people assume they're better than others because they use terrible, unattractive, artless, virtually meaningless sentences like "fail is fail," and why does everyone who needlessly throws a "fuck" into a sentence think he sounds like Tarantino?S-Unleashed said:Wow this is fuck retarded. Fail is fail.
It's not so much the others weren't that funny, it's that the Sony one was the best delivered. The Valve one was ok, but was a bit long for a "Valve Time" joke (to me, at least). And the bias claim is more that if he/she made this joke about any other company (except maybe Activision or EA), everyone would be on the OP's ass.OutrageousEmu said:SO you think the Sony part was fair, but the other ones weren't, and you're claiming he's biased.Mr. Omega said:Ok, the Sony got a laugh out of me.
Still, there is VERY blatant bias here, but it's just business as usual here on this site...
Because, it's ironic and ironic is cool.funguy2121 said:Seriously, don't you think it takes away from the efficacy of your insults when they are worded in a way that would make Orwell cringe? Every word of your brief post radiates arrogance. Why do people assume they're better than others because they use terrible, unattractive, artless, virtually meaningless sentences like "fail is fail," and why does everyone who needlessly throws a "fuck" into a sentence think he sounds like Tarantino?S-Unleashed said:Wow this is fuck retarded. Fail is fail.
That wasn't rhetorical; I really do want to know.
It's not, though. Not ironic at all. By the way, none of the hipsters I know, not the douchebaggy ones or the cool, interesting, subversive ones or the dorks who just like to stretch their lobes and wear purple in their hair like things "ironically" or dress a certain way to be ironic. When you see that shit on sitcoms it's usually the product of a TV writer who isn't as smart as he thinks he is and, much like many escapists, doesn't understand irony. So perhaps this person thinks he is being ironic/sarcastic, but he seems to understand what makes these things work. I worked with a massive tool of a hick who had an appropriately alliterative hillbilly name who tried to verbally bully me on a regular basis. Problem was, he was sarcastic so often that his sarcasm didn't work any more. He never ever stopped being sarcastic, and ended up saying quite a bit that was damned near Freudian. "I'm just a big dumb hick." Well, yeah, I can't really argue there. How can anyone think they're better than someone else because they can't properly speak/spell when insulting them?Nyaliva said:Because, it's ironic and ironic is cool.funguy2121 said:Seriously, don't you think it takes away from the efficacy of your insults when they are worded in a way that would make Orwell cringe? Every word of your brief post radiates arrogance. Why do people assume they're better than others because they use terrible, unattractive, artless, virtually meaningless sentences like "fail is fail," and why does everyone who needlessly throws a "fuck" into a sentence think he sounds like Tarantino?S-Unleashed said:Wow this is fuck retarded. Fail is fail.
That wasn't rhetorical; I really do want to know.
Seriously, I have no idea, I've been asking the same thing for yonks. Something to do with rebellion, not talking educated when you aren't forced to and the forcefullness and forbidden nature of swear words. Childish stuff, you know.
OT: I actually liked this, something a little less obvious would be good with the whole phone call style, like maybe game characters? I dunno, all I'm saying is, if you've got more let's hear 'em.