I pitch no-hitters on acid all day it's just nobody reports it
― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 6 January 2012 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
i see we have a nice shitstorm brewing and i'll let you get on with it, but with the case of 'pepper lebeija' twit handle i guess for me it comes down to reducing trans people of color to objects of amusement? or more generally how paris is burning is largely seen as little more than a fun quotable 'gay' movie, rather than an enthographic documentary of an extremely marginal community?
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Friday, 6 January 2012 18:06 (twelve years ago) link
so if my avatar is Kobe Bryant, does that say to you, "people like Kobe are just objects of amusement"?
― frogbs, Friday, 6 January 2012 18:18 (twelve years ago) link
yours personally? yes
― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 6 January 2012 18:19 (twelve years ago) link
I'm not removing my Eddie Hazel avatars for anyone.
― Jimmy Riddle Orchestra (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Friday, 6 January 2012 18:23 (twelve years ago) link
hope you don't have a problem with my new DN
― frogbs after dark (frogbs), Friday, 6 January 2012 19:40 (twelve years ago) link
it's kinda blah
― bob loblaw people (dayo), Friday, 6 January 2012 19:45 (twelve years ago) link
That goat looks sort of happy so I object to any use of it as an avatar.
― joygoat, Friday, 6 January 2012 21:41 (twelve years ago) link
― Jimmy Riddle Orchestra (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Friday, January 6, 2012 10:23 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
lool
― ah, how quaint (Matt P), Friday, 6 January 2012 21:46 (twelve years ago) link
yo, what are the implications of having a varg vikernes avatar? that's cool rite?
― Mordy, Friday, 6 January 2012 22:15 (twelve years ago) link
ok obv nobody else is gonna say it
no
no, that's not cool mordy
i'm sorry
― carpy deems (darraghmac), Saturday, 7 January 2012 01:57 (twelve years ago) link
lol missed you frogg
― horseshoe, Saturday, 7 January 2012 01:59 (twelve years ago) link
also it's not clear to me you tried at all to understand the specificity of elmo's observation; it's not really transportable to kobe bryant.
― horseshoe, Saturday, 7 January 2012 02:02 (twelve years ago) link
'well all black ppl are p much the same, right?'
― 404 (Lamp), Saturday, 7 January 2012 02:03 (twelve years ago) link
not ALL white ppl are privileged and not ALL black ppl are underprivileged, guys
― ⚓ (gr8080), Saturday, 7 January 2012 02:21 (twelve years ago) link
― frogbs, Friday, January 6, 2012 1:18 PM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
god this isn't that hard, there is a (usually p obvious) difference between liking/appreciating/being a fan of someone and using their image for ironic lols in a way that is racialized or playing off stereotypes
― Bruce K. Tedesco (zachlyon), Saturday, 7 January 2012 02:59 (twelve years ago) link
gr8: i don't really know what you're about but i'll assume you're not joking. there are all sorts of types of privilege -- all people who pass for white have white privilege over those who don't. this doesn't mean they have every privilege.
― Bruce K. Tedesco (zachlyon), Saturday, 7 January 2012 03:03 (twelve years ago) link
just lol'd so hard darr
― Mordy, Saturday, 7 January 2012 03:09 (twelve years ago) link
hard lol'ing. it hurts.
help.
then i'm going to assume i had a wrong read on gr8 and wrongfully responded to a comment made by a million people every day
i'm very sorry mordy
― Bruce K. Tedesco (zachlyon), Saturday, 7 January 2012 03:32 (twelve years ago) link
u aren't darr! continue to fight the good fight
― Mordy, Saturday, 7 January 2012 03:35 (twelve years ago) link
oh lol didn't see that
― Bruce K. Tedesco (zachlyon), Saturday, 7 January 2012 03:40 (twelve years ago) link
i don't see an image there, the guy's name is just "Pepper LaBeija". not sure where the ironic lols are coming from. it is because he is not, in fact, Pepper LaBeija?
― frogbs, Saturday, 7 January 2012 05:12 (twelve years ago) link
Because the name implies it's a black man who dresses as a woman and it's actually a white man who dresses as a man?
I mean, unless you're using some new definition, that is textbook irony
― mh, Saturday, 7 January 2012 05:18 (twelve years ago) link
well, my twitter handle implies that I'm an owl (actually, I'm human)
IMO people who name themselves after a celebrity don't really imply anything but them being a fan of that celebrity
is there any way I can explain this that won't have people jumping down my throat?
― frogbs, Saturday, 7 January 2012 05:20 (twelve years ago) link
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/08/28/frog1.jpg
― estela, Saturday, 7 January 2012 05:34 (twelve years ago) link
xpost: no, but please keep trying :-)
― ⚓ (gr8080), Saturday, 7 January 2012 07:30 (twelve years ago) link
think there's a frog in yr throat
― bob loblaw people (dayo), Saturday, 7 January 2012 14:10 (twelve years ago) link
I see a CRUCIFIED FROG and I'm like "why a cup? why an egg?"
― I was otherwise very normal before I became (onimo), Saturday, 7 January 2012 15:59 (twelve years ago) link
yo, what are the implications of having a varg vikernes avatar? that's cool rite?― Mordy, Friday, January 6, 2012 10:15 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalinkok obv nobody else is gonna say itnono, that's not cool mordyi'm sorry― carpy deems (darraghmac), Saturday, January 7, 2012 1:57 AM (14 hours ago)
― Mordy, Friday, January 6, 2012 10:15 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― carpy deems (darraghmac), Saturday, January 7, 2012 1:57 AM (14 hours ago)
not even the shopped pic of varg with the cat?
― Jimmy Riddle Orchestra (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Saturday, 7 January 2012 16:13 (twelve years ago) link
ironic fetishization of an unrepentant racist is one of hipsterdom and ILX's lowest moments
― pug waffle (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 7 January 2012 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
^^^^^^^^
― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 7 January 2012 17:53 (twelve years ago) link
and liverpool's
― carpy deems (darraghmac), Saturday, 7 January 2012 17:55 (twelve years ago) link
http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/054/743/2987957120110724-22047-8avbwa.jpg
― lEEE (Leee), Saturday, 7 January 2012 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
ironic fetishization of an unrepentant racist is one of hipsterdom and ILX's lowest moments― pug waffle (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, January 7, 2012 4:20 PM (2 hours ago)
― pug waffle (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, January 7, 2012 4:20 PM (2 hours ago)
How do you know the cat is racist?
― Jimmy Riddle Orchestra (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Saturday, 7 January 2012 18:22 (twelve years ago) link
the fact that ilx'ers keep getting trolled by varg references blows my mind
― Mordy, Saturday, 7 January 2012 23:56 (twelve years ago) link
sandy varginas
― carpy deems (darraghmac), Sunday, 8 January 2012 00:39 (twelve years ago) link
Taken last week in a seaside town in England:
http://i41.tinypic.com/2q2k5qa.jpg
― ☆★☆彡彡 (ENBB), Sunday, 8 January 2012 00:42 (twelve years ago) link
'LOVELY GOLLIES'
― ☆★☆彡彡 (ENBB), Sunday, 8 January 2012 00:43 (twelve years ago) link
holy shit
― carpy deems (darraghmac), Sunday, 8 January 2012 00:44 (twelve years ago) link
genuinely thought labour had incinerated the last of those
― carpy deems (darraghmac), Sunday, 8 January 2012 00:45 (twelve years ago) link
they were emancipated by act of parliament last year, and now are free to settle in seaside giftshops throughout england
― hegel-lacan girl (nakhchivan), Sunday, 8 January 2012 00:47 (twelve years ago) link
There's still a hardcore of golly-fanciers out there. Not sure there's a a middle ground between owning none and owning fifty. They generally seem to be confused, but not particularly vindictive, people of pensionable age who can't see what all the fuss is about.
― Mohombi Khush Hua (ShariVari), Sunday, 8 January 2012 00:48 (twelve years ago) link
lol tories
― carpy deems (darraghmac), Sunday, 8 January 2012 00:48 (twelve years ago) link
that was an xpost but i mean
They were on jam jars less than ten years ago, iirc. I've no idea how that went on for so long.
― Mohombi Khush Hua (ShariVari), Sunday, 8 January 2012 00:51 (twelve years ago) link
― Mohombi Khush Hua (ShariVari), Saturday, January 7, 2012 7:48 PM (48 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
My parents used to be friends with a couple like this. Several rooms in their house were entirely decked out in golly art - painting, statues, dolls etc. They obv were the type of people you're describing but the one time I was in their house it really freaked me out. My mom warned me beforehand but it was still pretty jarring and very O_O to me.
― ☆★☆彡彡 (ENBB), Sunday, 8 January 2012 00:51 (twelve years ago) link
lyons tea still had animated minstrel tv ads until maybe mid 2000's
― carpy deems (darraghmac), Sunday, 8 January 2012 00:53 (twelve years ago) link
hoooooly fuck i just remembered that my friend that i do not like got me one of those for christmas a few years ago because he was insistent that they aren't offensive in england (he took a semester abroad) and they were relevant in some comic book or something. this is the same friend who did blackface for halloween. fuck.
― Bruce K. Tedesco (zachlyon), Sunday, 8 January 2012 01:18 (twelve years ago) link