Also, while the CFAA is a bad law, the violation he was convicted of would probably be within the confines of a better, narrower version of the same law, i.e. it seems like the kind of conduct that legitimately should be illegal.
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Thursday, 12 September 2013 20:03 (ten years ago) link
haha yeah, thinking someone deserves to be harassed does not make it legal to actually harass them
― WHAT DOES SAMANTHA FOX SAY (DJP), Thursday, 12 September 2013 20:04 (ten years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/magazine/03trolls-t.html?pagewanted=all
jfc, '08
― goole, Thursday, 12 September 2013 20:09 (ten years ago) link
well i don't know harassment law v. well, but i don't think its very strong (especially w/r/t online communication) and tends to be a misdemeanor in most cases and i don't really feel it should be beefed up.
― "Dave Barlow" is the name Lou uses on sabermetrics baseball sites (s.clover), Thursday, 12 September 2013 20:10 (ten years ago) link
he is also said to have trashed his enemies’ credit ratings.
uh yeah, this shit in the article combined with the fact he's spending money on stuff with no obvious source of income...
― beautifully, unapologetically plastic (mh), Thursday, 12 September 2013 20:16 (ten years ago) link
In some states I would bet you could get an aiding-and-abetting conviction for someone who posts a SS# and address with the intention of leading to harassment and where it actually does lead to a crime.
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Thursday, 12 September 2013 20:17 (ten years ago) link
a bullshit opinion imo
― combination hair (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 12 September 2013 20:39 (ten years ago) link
well if someone does it w/r/t someone in the public eye that i already have it in for (e.g. zimmerman) then i'm gonna be on their side, i think. so then if someone does it to someone i don't have it in for in a terrible way i'm not sure how a legal distinction is possible
this is crazy? it is always wrong. even if one feels a savage satisfaction when someone commits a crime against a person one hates it's still a crime.
― Dora Viola G. I. de Orellana Dysart Plantagenet Tollemache-Tolle (c sharp major), Thursday, 12 September 2013 20:47 (ten years ago) link
yeah, it's not like vigilante justice becomes ok just because it's online. Do you think it's alright to throw rocks at Zimmerman if you see him in public?
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Thursday, 12 September 2013 20:49 (ten years ago) link
no, because I don't want to get shot
― beautifully, unapologetically plastic (mh), Thursday, 12 September 2013 20:52 (ten years ago) link
I knew a guy who was "ironically" racist/misogynist in high school, I think partially as a reaction to his school environment and his blue collar dad really being different in default stances so he went over the top, and it was my first view into the fact that you are the person you act as in daily life, not the person you internally think you are. If people see you being a sexist asshole who treats women like shit, then...
rip noise board
― mookieproof, Thursday, 12 September 2013 20:56 (ten years ago) link
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/09/23/130923fa_fact_widdicombe?currentPage=all
I feel that there might be some good writers that come out of this bustle site, but if so, they're going to be the survivors of a sinking ship. I can't help but giggle at the complete cluelessness of this guy when he treats "women" as a demographic in the way that "sports fans" are a demographic. The parts where he conflates sports fans with men are pretty amazing, too.
He told me that he wished he’d spent time building relationships with what he called “the feminist community.” “It got me thinking,” he said. “Honestly, nothing would have been more helpful here than for some highly regarded feminist writers to say, ‘Bryan’s a good person.’ ”
― beautifully, unapologetically plastic (mh), Monday, 16 September 2013 16:47 (ten years ago) link
bear in mind that most women, like most men, have shitty taste and are interested in reading dumb articles if at all.
― "Dave Barlow" is the name Lou uses on sabermetrics baseball sites (s.clover), Monday, 16 September 2013 16:51 (ten years ago) link
That's the thing, I think the site idea isn't horrible in a not-profitable way! I just don't think that world news or celebrity gossip are written in a way that excludes women
― beautifully, unapologetically plastic (mh), Monday, 16 September 2013 16:53 (ten years ago) link
http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2013-10/enhanced/webdr05/10/7/enhanced-buzz-wide-4481-1381404561-7.jpg
― The normative power of the factual (Michael White), Thursday, 10 October 2013 15:54 (ten years ago) link
happy to see the sexy cat/magician's assistant avoided censure
― Treeship, Thursday, 10 October 2013 15:55 (ten years ago) link
I don't understand. What's the goal of that img?
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Thursday, 10 October 2013 15:57 (ten years ago) link
idk. hopefully it is satirizing people who would use hateful language to describe women wearing skimpy halloween costumes.
― Treeship, Thursday, 10 October 2013 15:58 (ten years ago) link
I think the goal of that image is to make the viewer's eyes burst into flames due to severe, uncontrollable rolling
― Bitch Fantastic (DJP), Thursday, 10 October 2013 15:58 (ten years ago) link
Apparently 'slut' means 'the end' in Swedish and all the costumes thus marked are out of stock.
― The normative power of the factual (Michael White), Thursday, 10 October 2013 15:59 (ten years ago) link
xp I had to take a break from eye rolling due to extreme muscle fatigue, no wonder I couldn't tell.
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Thursday, 10 October 2013 16:00 (ten years ago) link
guys if I go in costume as a woman for halloween which of these should I pick
― beautifully, unapologetically plastic (mh), Thursday, 10 October 2013 16:06 (ten years ago) link
They're all mediocre
― The normative power of the factual (Michael White), Thursday, 10 October 2013 16:22 (ten years ago) link
So what about that spanish arse drummer video then
― cardamon, Thursday, 10 October 2013 17:12 (ten years ago) link
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/10/bosses-in-nyc-can-sexually-harass-unpaid-interns.html
― mookieproof, Thursday, 10 October 2013 18:20 (ten years ago) link
http://pixel.nymag.com/imgs/daily/intelligencer/2013/10/10/10-sexual-harassment.o.jpg/a_190x190.jpg
can't even hover-hand a butt these days without a nymag article
― beautifully, unapologetically plastic (mh), Thursday, 10 October 2013 18:26 (ten years ago) link
i can't even...
http://tbteedition.tampabay.com/ee/tampabaytimes/publink.php?shareid=0eed79ccd#.UmAikSaLuN0.facebook
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 17 October 2013 19:04 (ten years ago) link
is that for real?
― sweat pea (La Lechera), Thursday, 17 October 2013 19:05 (ten years ago) link
That's been all over the blogs I read for the last day or so. Scott Lemieux at LGM does a nice job of helping blow it up: http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2013/10/the-sexual-assault-of-women-isnt-a-problem-of-women-drinking
― My question is primarily riparian (Phil D.), Thursday, 17 October 2013 19:09 (ten years ago) link
i agree with that person good lord, blogs can be so tiresomei hate having someone explain to me what to be outraged about thinkpiece hell
― sweat pea (La Lechera), Thursday, 17 October 2013 19:14 (ten years ago) link
why don't men drink less if they're not able to stop raping when they're drunk?
― beautifully, unapologetically plastic (mh), Thursday, 17 October 2013 19:25 (ten years ago) link
sorry, that's not even necessary
that blog calls out the Slate piece. The piece I posted was in Tampa Bay Times. ie, two people wrote HEY WOMEN DRINK LESS articles. both female. one a mother.
despite having good intentions, good job at narrowing the scope of the rape discussion even more. the public's kneejerk reaction to rape reports is already "what was her BAL?", good job on just reinforcing that belief by focusing on one trigger that rapists look for (among many), whilst also placing the onus of solving the problem on the victim.
also lol at the TBT article title - yes, ending drinking = ending rape, great correllary.
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 17 October 2013 19:28 (ten years ago) link
http://elitedaily.com/news/world/big-butt-healthy-butt-study-says-women-big-butts-healthier/
cool study, guys
― Tip from Tae Kwon Do: (crüt), Thursday, 31 October 2013 17:26 (ten years ago) link
"this study did not include fake butts"
― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 31 October 2013 17:28 (ten years ago) link
the worst
― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Thursday, 31 October 2013 17:39 (ten years ago) link
"intellectually superior" whoah stop right there, those words don't even mean anything.
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Thursday, 31 October 2013 17:41 (ten years ago) link
Eugenics marches ever onwards. Used to be brain size, now it's butt size. Plus ca change...
― Moodles, Thursday, 31 October 2013 17:49 (ten years ago) link
this well-meaning guy I know proudly posted that on FB, someone pointed out how not-actually-feminist that article was and he actually said 'but it's science'.I went to bed proud that I hadn't waded in but ffs
― kinder, Thursday, 31 October 2013 18:17 (ten years ago) link
billboard for a new condo development in minneapolis
https://twitter.com/dbrauer/status/398153922155532288
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BYaE4a-CYAAvwjm.jpg
― goole, Wednesday, 6 November 2013 20:24 (ten years ago) link
o_O
― Tip from Tae Kwon Do: (crüt), Wednesday, 6 November 2013 20:25 (ten years ago) link
same company has the same ads in NYC but they read "I don't remember his name..."
― there's no camera to capture that yelping moment! (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 6 November 2013 20:31 (ten years ago) link
how can you tell it's the same co?
― goole, Wednesday, 6 November 2013 20:43 (ten years ago) link
same logo/color scheme and i think the same logo? just saw it today on a bus
― there's no camera to capture that yelping moment! (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 6 November 2013 22:20 (ten years ago) link
er, i mean same verbiage
http://www.break.com/article/there-s-something-odd-about-the-staff-at-cellular-solutions-2538644
― hewing to the status quo with great zealotry (DavidM), Thursday, 14 November 2013 14:07 (ten years ago) link
Don't read the comments.
― Ian from Etobicoke (Phil D.), Thursday, 14 November 2013 14:14 (ten years ago) link
^^^^^^
― frogbs, Thursday, 14 November 2013 14:20 (ten years ago) link
I wonder if those senior managers were, as it were, 'on to a good thing'
― cardamon, Friday, 15 November 2013 03:14 (ten years ago) link
Ten managers in my office/dept all women, i'll wait on that website to call, huh.
― golfdinger (darraghmac), Friday, 15 November 2013 03:22 (ten years ago) link