here, have some fail

[rm]

Apparently women and queers are ruining SF.

Torchwood gets a not insignificant amount of text, and, sadly, Dirk Benedict is referenced. If you're thinking this can't end well, you'd be right.

Maybe I'll actually pick it apart for your viewing pleasure later. But maybe I'll actually have something more useful to do instead, like ruining the genre with my homosexual girl-bits or the cock in my dresser drawer or something.

Tell me, SF-ruiners, what's on your agenda today?

Comments

[laughingacademy.livejournal.com]

To quote a certain SF icon that has been ruined by teh geyz, “What? What? WHAT?”

I mean, “Given that this is the BBC, all of this nonsense that alienates men for the benefit of women shouldn’t be surprising.” It’s not surprising because the BBC...is British? Supported by the Government? Runs on tea? What the hell is he even saying?

I wonder what Minsky would think about his statements being (mis)appropriated by this joker?

Oh, and then I went to the “about” page and found this gem:

Over the last few years, it has become increasingly obvious that American men — particularly those of the post-boomer generations — have fallen into a cultural gap. Our voice is barely a whisper in the traditional media,* we are consistently portrayed as worthless buffoons** and advertisers ignore us.***

But underneath the gossip shows on TV, the newspaper articles written by elderly columnists and the parade of empty-headed starlets there is a rising murmur of dissent — a growing dissatisfaction with the shabby state of affairs. There is a palpable feeling that our legitimate grievances have been ignored even as more and more indignities are heaped on our heads.

...

This magazine is an expression of our growing voice, and combines the talents of some of the Anglosphere’s**** best bloggers on men’s issues.

* I know, dude! Like, I can’t remember the last time I saw a white male news anchor, or political commentator.
** Yeah, that Jack Bauer — what a loser.
*** Apparently someone has never seen a commercial for beer, the Girls Gone Wild! DVDs, the Axe product line, or that Pepsi AMP stuff...and now I’m feeling kind of jealous.
**** The Anglosphere. I got nothing.

[(Anonymous)]

Oh wait, I can translate!

"Waah! Whaa waaah waaaaaa! Waaah. Waah!!!!"

[logansrogue.livejournal.com]

Yep! Someone needs to ease up on the Wah-wah pedal.

[dulcinbradbury.livejournal.com]

we are consistently portrayed as worthless buffoons
To be fair, I'm pretty tired of the fact that in sitcoms & romantic comedies, the men are constantly portrayed as worthless idiots. I think this idiot is way around the bend on this one, but, it is something I've noticed.

[laughingacademy.livejournal.com]

True, the clownish husband and longsuffering wife trope is overplayed, but you can’t claim it’s a manifestation of post-boomer misandry — it’s one of The Oldest Ones in the Book.

[the-silver-mule.livejournal.com]

You know, the Anglosphere. It's like a hermeneutic circle. It just goes round and round and round and if you look away for a second, you forget why it was there in the first place.





(--End of bad philosophy joke that probably contains a logical fallacy.--)

[austengirl.livejournal.com]

It’s not surprising because the BBC...is British? Supported by the Government? Runs on tea? What the hell is he even saying?

Since the credit crunch hit, tea is about all that keeps the BBC going as far as I can tell.

That made me sporfle, thank you.