Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 2485601" data-attributes="member: 2067">Sarcasm is one thing, but ignorance paired with sarcasm is IMMENSELY annoying, regardless of where it's directed. It's simply a matter of journalistic dignity, and even comic pieces are supposed to have their own form of quality control...It's not the making-fun-of-this-guy-for-being-a-nerd that gets my goat. It's the villifying of all who enjoy the same activities. I can make fun of one Texan for being an ignorant hick, but I'd be pretty base if I called the entire state ignorant hicks in an attempt at humor. It's not only not funny, it's just...simplistic. And bad humor irks me much more than being called a lifeless nerd because of my hobby.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> I wouldn't get too up in arms about it (because if he has learned anything from the interweb it's that reactionary extremists make the best commedy), but maybe pointedly go through his article and replace every D&amp;D/Videogames = NERDZ occurance with a Texas = HICK occurance and see how much he appreciates it. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> Or if you want to be especially pointed, turn it into a racial joke/sexual joke thing because nothing brings out the reactionaries like being called a racist or a sexist.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="I'm A Banana, post: 2485601, member: 2067"] Sarcasm is one thing, but ignorance paired with sarcasm is IMMENSELY annoying, regardless of where it's directed. It's simply a matter of journalistic dignity, and even comic pieces are supposed to have their own form of quality control... It's not the making-fun-of-this-guy-for-being-a-nerd that gets my goat. It's the villifying of all who enjoy the same activities. I can make fun of one Texan for being an ignorant hick, but I'd be pretty base if I called the entire state ignorant hicks in an attempt at humor. It's not only not funny, it's just...simplistic. And bad humor irks me much more than being called a lifeless nerd because of my hobby. :p I wouldn't get too up in arms about it (because if he has learned anything from the interweb it's that reactionary extremists make the best commedy), but maybe pointedly go through his article and replace every D&D/Videogames = NERDZ occurance with a Texas = HICK occurance and see how much he appreciates it. ;) Or if you want to be especially pointed, turn it into a racial joke/sexual joke thing because nothing brings out the reactionaries like being called a racist or a sexist. :p [/QUOTE]

Verification