privilege as a meme

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Do you know how hard it is to find sheepskins though?

The Reverend, Monday, 30 September 2013 20:31 (ten years ago) link

man, all 4 of the groups i voted for are behind (ahead?)

druhilla (k3vin k.), Monday, 30 September 2013 20:33 (ten years ago) link

not looking good for latex allergies

druhilla (k3vin k.), Monday, 30 September 2013 20:34 (ten years ago) link

I'm going to call fat, trans (m->f), homeless native american as the ultimate stigmatized combo.

hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 30 September 2013 20:44 (ten years ago) link

But that's probably because I'm still bitter than Sikhs lost (won?) their bracket against Muslims. I mean c'mon, when people see those long beards and turbans they jump to 'Muslim terrorist' right away anyway.

hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 30 September 2013 20:47 (ten years ago) link

exactly :(

hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 30 September 2013 20:57 (ten years ago) link

https://www.google.com/search?q=breaking+bad+white+privilege

About 3,700,000 results (0.29 seconds)

LinkedIn Beef (Eazy), Monday, 30 September 2013 21:49 (ten years ago) link

Walter's brutal meltdown shows genius way "Breaking Bad" deals with white privilege, and men who can't get enough

When did "genius" become an adjective? I really hate that usage.

#fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Monday, 30 September 2013 21:51 (ten years ago) link

Bastardization of "ingenious"?

#fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Monday, 30 September 2013 21:52 (ten years ago) link

https://www.google.com/#psj=1&q=%22breaking+bad%22+%22White+privilege%22

About 237,000 results (0.31 seconds)

Iain Mew (if), Monday, 30 September 2013 21:59 (ten years ago) link

lol I didn't mean to add the capital letter there, just the quotation marks

Iain Mew (if), Monday, 30 September 2013 22:00 (ten years ago) link

lol the character's name is white so the quotation marks are pretty key

#fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Monday, 30 September 2013 22:16 (ten years ago) link

The site is either willfully naive about the daily pain experienced by people whom society devalues or, worse, resentful that white men are being wrongly denied equal sympathy.

this person is 80 years old, correct?

k3vin k., Tuesday, 1 October 2013 04:08 (ten years ago) link

news flash: everyone suffers. compassion in the face of suffering is required. but petulantly demanding compassion is nagl.

Aimless, Tuesday, 1 October 2013 04:27 (ten years ago) link

down to the forsaken four today

k3vin k., Tuesday, 1 October 2013 21:02 (ten years ago) link

smh at anyone following this

The Reverend, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 02:46 (ten years ago) link

the idea was kind of funny at the beginning but obvs no one actually has a rooting interest or anything

k3vin k., Wednesday, 2 October 2013 02:56 (ten years ago) link

maybe the winner's subreddit will now get more participants

Your Own Personal El Guapo (kingfish), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 03:11 (ten years ago) link

Naw, this wasn't funny at all. I was seeing red as soon as it appeared on my screen. How is it any better than that troll tumblr upthread? I mean, that's one thing for a random troll, but seeing Gawker pull some fuckery like this kind of makes me not want to read them anymore.

The Reverend, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 03:34 (ten years ago) link

privilege... Privilege

i wanna be a gabbneb baby (Hungry4Ass), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 03:43 (ten years ago) link

Naw, this wasn't funny at all. I was seeing red as soon as it appeared on my screen. How is it any better than that troll tumblr upthread? I mean, that's one thing for a random troll, but seeing Gawker pull some fuckery like this kind of makes me not want to read them anymore.

― The Reverend, Tuesday, October 1, 2013 11:34 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

because it's an obvious satirical takedown of the privilege cottage industry?

J0rdan S., Wednesday, 2 October 2013 04:08 (ten years ago) link

this is probably the stupidest thing that's ever been written

The most hurtful thing about Gawker’s “Privilege Tournament” (which invites readers to vote on NCAA-type brackets for who is the least privileged “category” of people, black, Hispanic, gay, etc.) is not its contempt for civil rights discourse, but that the prideful display of a white man’s humor is more important to a large liberal media outlet than compassion for people who suffer the dehumanizing effects of discrimination.

J0rdan S., Wednesday, 2 October 2013 04:09 (ten years ago) link

yeah the web site that gives kiese laymon carte blanche to run editorial content has absolutely zero compassion for people who suffer the dehumanizing effects of discrimination

J0rdan S., Wednesday, 2 October 2013 04:12 (ten years ago) link

gawker totally dated a black chick once too

^^ post obviously honoring and supporting Qualcomm (zachlyon), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 04:21 (ten years ago) link

i'm not sure if it's a "takedown" so much as it's just...having a bit of fun. he's basically saying "you know how people always say 'what is this the privilege olympics??' well what if we made...the privilege march madness?" i mean people who spend a lot of time online arguing about this kind of stuff are well within their rights to roll their eyes when a (presumably straight white) man decides it's time for a little good-natured onion-esque satire, but it's pretty clear that nolan is on the side of the tumblr peeps, the dude isn't a mens rights activist or something. i mean the whole thing is basically a ward sutton cartoon, no?

(tbh this is why i think actually *running* the tournament was maybe not the best idea, i mean the point was made, we all had a funny, not sure what finding a "winner", even if it's tongue-in-cheek, really adds to the joke (although i have to be honest i was rooting for peanut allergy to win just for the lols))

k3vin k., Wednesday, 2 October 2013 04:24 (ten years ago) link

gawker totally dated a black chick once too

― ^^ post obviously honoring and supporting Qualcomm (zachlyon), Wednesday, October 2, 2013 12:21 AM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark

"web sites are people too, my friends"

J0rdan S., Wednesday, 2 October 2013 04:26 (ten years ago) link

"having a bit of fun" isn't that on the white priv bingo card?

Dan I., Sunday, 6 October 2013 23:32 (ten years ago) link

I'm usually a big Ham Nolan fan though

Dan I., Sunday, 6 October 2013 23:34 (ten years ago) link

didnt get my bingo cards to whom does one complain

Victims’ tears deter rodent paedophiles (darraghmac), Monday, 7 October 2013 00:58 (ten years ago) link

three weeks pass...

http://shitrichcollegekidssay.tumblr.com/

Mordy , Wednesday, 30 October 2013 14:48 (ten years ago) link

haha

twist boat veterans for stability (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 18:18 (ten years ago) link

http://everydayfeminism.com/2013/10/lets-talk-about-thin-privilege/

Mordy , Thursday, 21 November 2013 14:44 (ten years ago) link

so what'd you think was remarkable about that post Mordy

eris bueller (lukas), Thursday, 21 November 2013 15:23 (ten years ago) link

just tracking the expansive use of 'privilege' as a meme

Mordy , Thursday, 21 November 2013 15:26 (ten years ago) link

no matter your race, gender or sexuality, we all share human privilege. people cannot understand what it is like to be an animal that is captive, bred and slaughtered on an industrial scale. which isn't to say you should feel guilty for being born a human, but that you should check your privilege when it comes to animals who even lack the articulation to express their own alienation.

Mordy , Thursday, 21 November 2013 15:42 (ten years ago) link

that seems fair to me!

max, Thursday, 21 November 2013 15:56 (ten years ago) link

Wow I am so unbelievably sorry that I asked

eris bueller (lukas), Thursday, 21 November 2013 15:56 (ten years ago) link

http://thedailybanter.com/2013/11/salons-sexiest-men-of-2013-list-is-cisexist/

"Sam Doloncot" is a fake byline Chez Pazienza uses to troll libs

I got the glares, the mutterings, the snarls (President Keyes), Thursday, 21 November 2013 17:16 (ten years ago) link

mordy have you never encountered anthropocentrism

welcome

creating an ilHOOSion usic sight and sound (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 21 November 2013 19:57 (ten years ago) link

Our relationship with plants, otoh, is merely ironic.

Aimless, Thursday, 21 November 2013 20:33 (ten years ago) link

Dude, I *swear* my dog is capable of expressing alienation. Whatever you think of animal rights, being mindful of animal feelings fosters empathy in a way political text can't.

Sweetfrosti (I M Losted), Thursday, 21 November 2013 21:41 (ten years ago) link

I'm sure caring for plants makes the world a more just place in some way, too!

Sweetfrosti (I M Losted), Thursday, 21 November 2013 21:44 (ten years ago) link

Like any liberal arts-educated freelance writer and activist from San Francisco who values his progressive culture and identity, I’m a very strong supporter of Salon.com.

twist boat veterans for stability (k3vin k.), Thursday, 21 November 2013 21:51 (ten years ago) link

Aimless otm

Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 21 November 2013 21:51 (ten years ago) link


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