General News Thread

[asterism42]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articl...y-selfie-taker

Headline speaks for itself, really.

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I thought you weren't allowed to take pictures in an art gallery, but w/e.

[Strife ❤️]

Me

[Neir]

"Every snowflake is unique." is a cliche used to emphasize the importance of individuality.

It is contrasted with

"There are a fuckton of snowflakes and they all turn to the same slush."

In more words, it implies that the object of this descriptor is emphasizing their uniqueness in a meaningless fashion. For instance, by highlighting traits that are inconsequential, out of their control, or simply invented for the purpose of feeling special. Hence, it's an attack on the typically imagined "SJW" character.

Oh. That's fucking stupid.

[2Bad]

Oh. That's fucking stupid.

Yup!

[Frostyvale]

Christ on a fucking stake. What's funny to one side is generally retarded to the other.

Here, we see ideology in its purest form.

This has been your Deep Political Revelation of the day.

[Kareshy]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articl...y-selfie-taker

Headline speaks for itself, really.

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I thought you weren't allowed to take pictures in an art gallery, but w/e.

I'm glad the artist was just like "Yeah shit happens I'll make another one". Nobody deserves to get in real trouble for an accident where nobody got hurt.

Oh. That's fucking stupid.

It's real fuckin' stupid. Especially since so many of those people will turn around and identify with other things things about themselves in the same way. It's just that snowflakes are people who acknowledge/present things about themselves that they don't like or something.

[2Bad]

Christ on a fucking stake. What's funny to one side is generally retarded to the other.

Here, we see ideology in its purest form.

This has been your Deep Political Revelation of the day.

Maybe we don't need right wing propaganda all the time.

[Neir]

Christ on a fucking stake. What's funny to one side is generally retarded to the other.

Here, we see ideology in its purest form.

This has been your Deep Political Revelation of the day.

Yeah, the thing is that these terms are literally never meant to be funny. They're meant to be condescending and derisive 100% of the time.

[2Bad]

There's nothing more hilarious than punching down on oppressed minorities.

[Polly]

There's nothing more hilarious than punching down on oppressed minorities.

Quite. It is, and has been since time immemorial, the epitome of humorous thought and word.

[I3uster]

I shared it somewhere else already but I guess it's fun and cool that there are people that write from a left wing perspective about chan culture that don't just adopt an undifferentiated look at it as a Nazi breeding ground, and why the whole alt-right sphere is currently eating itself due to the contradiction between imageboard culture and actual conservative value sets:
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/paleocons-for-porn/

[2Bad]

http://www.sciencealert.com/that-thi...-just-happened

Super

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http://m.dailykos.com/stories/2017/3...ve-gerrymander

On the plus side

[Frostyvale]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...here/98555254/

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Mattis would have won.

[2Bad]

Is that news?

[Bloble]

Nice article I3uster. Looking forward to seeing how chan culture will evolve two or three years down the line. Maybe they'll go back to raiding MMOs and trolling radio hosts again.

Is that news?

Considering "news" is literally in the link, in all likelihood yes.

[2Bad]

Considering "news" is literally in the link, in all likelihood yes.

And yet, "Mattis said a thing" is a story of no consequence

[I3uster]

And yet, "Mattis said a thing" is a story of no consequence

idk if id count that time he went "shooting brown people is fun because they are basically animals" or whatever he said as story of no consequence but yeah this instance is pretty irrelevant

[Frostyvale]

I think the condition of the interpreters who assisted our armed forces, and their families, is an issue of some consequence. It was after all quite explicit that this was a path to residence in the US.

[2Bad]

A failure to hold the press to a higher standard is another problem that needs to be addressed if the right is ever going to be crushed.

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I think the condition of the interpreters who assisted our armed forces, and their families, is an issue of some consequence. It was after all quite explicit that this was a path to residence in the US.

One that, demonstrably, the white house doesn't care about regardless of what Mattis has to say on the matter (or what he has to say on any matter).

[Frostyvale]

idk if id count that time he went "shooting brown people is fun because they are basically animals" or whatever he said as story of no consequence but yeah this instance is pretty irrelevant

'You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil. You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them'