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[ SECRET POST #3146 ]

⌈ Secret Post #3146 ⌋

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Yeah but does it appall you, though

NAYRT, but it appalls the fuck out of me. Some of us take the history of comedy in this country seriously. Considering a lot of Ms. Day's best work has been in comedy, it's doubly embarrassing that she'd screw up something that basic. If you play baseball, I expect you to know that Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams were two different guys. Same principle.

Yep. This.

So it would appall you if a baseball fan didn't know Joe DiMaggio? You would feel appalled at that. Appallment is what you would feel.

Um... yes. Obviously.

So basically, you take completely meaningless bullshit more seriously than anyone in their right mind should.

If you're sufficiently into something to do it professionally, you should know something about it.

If the guy repairing your computer doesn't recognize the name Steve Wozniak, would that cause you concern?

If your lawyer stares blankly at the name Earl Warren, would you keep him as your lawyer?

If the person lecturing you about feminism on Tumblr indicates that they've never heard of Sojourner Truth, Betty Friedan, or bell hooks, would you continue listening to them lecture you?

Are you familiar with a concept called "professional standards"?

But you would be, like, appalled at that, right? Appalled.

DA

(Anonymous) - 2015-08-16 02:51 (UTC) - Expand

Re: DA

(Anonymous) - 2015-08-16 06:05 (UTC) - Expand

You keep making these comments with names that mean nothing to me.

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(Anonymous) - 2015-08-15 23:05 (UTC) - Expand

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(Anonymous) - 2015-08-15 23:34 (UTC) - Expand

How does "professional standards" tie into geekdom? Who's being so inconvenienced by her slip up?

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cbrachyrhynchos - 2015-08-16 00:30 (UTC) - Expand

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(Anonymous) - 2015-08-17 14:14 (UTC) - Expand

> If the guy repairing your computer doesn't recognize the name Steve Wozniak, would that cause you concern?

Not especially, because being able to namedrop Apple entrepreneurs from the 70s and 80s who were featured in two different films doesn't mean you know your way around a test bench or multimeter. Nor would I be all that concerned if someone got mixed up on which microcomputer pioneer did what given the parallel development and outright intellectual theft of the time. Funny enough, being able to win Trivial Pursuit: 1980s Edition isn't one of our professional standards.

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(Anonymous) - 2015-08-16 01:22 (UTC) - Expand

If the guy repairing your computer doesn't recognize the name Steve Wozniak, would that cause you concern?

He could draw a blank at Steve Jobs, too, and as long as he seemed like he knew what he was doing with my computer, I wouldn't give a fuck. Same goes with the lawyer and Earl Warren.

If the person lecturing you about feminism on Tumblr indicates that they've never heard of Sojourner Truth, Betty Friedan, or bell hooks, would you continue listening to them lecture you?

I would absolutely continue to listen to a feminist who didn't know about any of those people. Hell, in my experience, the amount of feminist lit one has read is only very loosely related to how well they actually grasp the concepts of feminism. Let's keep in mind how many people are exposed to those key players of feminism for no other reason than because they've heard 1st/2nd/3rd year Women's Studies is a breezy GPA booster. Meanwhile, that 18 year old waitress, with no idea who these key figures are, has a feminist parent who's been talking about objectification, the gender binary, the ratification of the ERA, maternal mortality rates, the global accessibility/inaccessibility of birth control, etc., etc., since she was eight.

Ask me who I'd rather listen to.

Re: NAYRT

(Anonymous) - 2015-08-16 06:44 (UTC) - Expand

If the guy repairing your computer doesn't recognize the name Steve Wozniak, would that cause you concern?

this is such a dumb hypothetical question. why the hell do I care if an IT guy knows about the history of computers? it's not like that would enable him to actually repair one. I know who Steve Wozniak is and I still don't know shit about fixing computers. I also don't need my plumber to give me a goddamn lecture about the life and accomplishments of Sir John Harington to feel confident that he can unclog a toilet

A++ to you, anon, for bringing the humor. I kept waiting for someone to crack and reveal that this entire exchange was a joke, because these anon's offence-taking is so OTT it's impossible to take seriously, but apparently they're actually serious.

Who are these people and how did they get that weird taxi horn walking cane so far up their arses?

Feelings, nothing more than feelings.

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LOL holy shit.

I just...that statement. "Some of us take the history of comedy in this country seriously." Hahaha. I wish you and the anon who agreed could hear how stupid that sounds.

If you think it's stupid to think seriously about an important artform, that doesn't make you look smart. It makes you look stupid but smug about it.

You know, it's not too late to throw your hat in the ring for the Republican nomination. You seem to have the basic qualification down.

Wooooow.

People are being tremendous douchebags here. This community is swimming with super fans who will pole vault across a room to correct a complete stranger for misquoting a character from some show they are absolutely balls-to-the-wall obsessed with, so I really don't follow the "get a load of this moron" circle jerk this has turned into. It has seriously curled my lip. Especially considering the secret in question was about whether or not Felicia Day is a fake geek, not whether or not it's okay to be mad when something you consider personally important is effed up by someone you personally feel should know better.

You all are gross.

People are mad specifically because the person's trying to argue that Felicia Day is a fake geek

And also, I'm pretty sure anyone inflating the importance of knowing the details of their fandom to this degree would get ragged on, regardless of what the fandom is. They might also want to correct the person, but they would try to be, you know, nicer about it, and not consider it a moral failing. I think people here mostly try to be pretty chill about demanding that strangers agree with the importance of their fandom, and judging other fans, and I think that's a good thing.

I'm sorry if that's gross though!

This comment is gold.

I heard it in Yakov Smirnoff's voice. XD

Taking comedy seriously... I think you're missing something fundamental here.

No professional comedian would agree with you.

Do you think comedy happens by ACCIDENT?

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