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steinrokkan posted:Imo the successful AR/VR products of the future will be conceptually derived from stuff like the Hololens rather than the Oculuses etc.
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The Kardashians are actually fine, and most people who hate them don't have a good reason. In fact, this almost makes them cool (and Kim at least seems to have become more than a bland reality star, using her platform to address important issues like the Armenian Genocide and Taylor Swift being a phony).
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Dec 30, 2016 14:45
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what makes kim kardashian "almost cool" is kanye west
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Dec 30, 2016 14:58
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That reminds me of all the people on the internet who have totally legitimate (wink wink) reasons they hate Kanye that have nothing to do with race (wink wink). Racists have ruined the word uppity. Just flat out ruined it.
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Dec 30, 2016 15:32
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I don't think Taylor Swift is especially talented, to be honest. 
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Dec 30, 2016 15:37
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Aramek posted:That reminds me of all the people on the internet who have totally legitimate (wink wink) reasons they hate Kanye that have nothing to do with race (wink wink). I hate Kanye solely because of the people who love him, they are incredibly obnoxious. Musically he's fine, but the people who love him are obsessed with pretty much everything but his music.
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Dec 30, 2016 15:38
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Aramek posted:That reminds me of all the people on the internet who have totally legitimate (wink wink) reasons they hate Kanye that have nothing to do with race (wink wink). There are lots of legitimate reasons to hate Kanye as a person but people let it affect their opinions on his music (which they often haven't actually heard) to an extreme degree.
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Dec 30, 2016 15:39
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Sorry, I wasn't accusing any of you of anything, that came out poorly. There's just a lot of people that get mad about hip hop because "it's all about drugs and sex and disrespecting women" while in the same breath excusing all the same poo poo from a lot of rock bands because "they seem more genuine and likeable" and white.
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Aramek posted:Sorry, I wasn't accusing any of you of anything, that came out poorly. There's just a lot of people that get mad about hip hop because "it's all about drugs and sex and disrespecting women" while in the same breath excusing all the same poo poo from a lot of rock bands because "they seem more genuine and likeable" and white. The best is when people call Kanye West a gangsta, which is like calling Minor Threat a bunch of drug-fueled lunatics.
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Dec 30, 2016 15:49
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Wheat Loaf posted:I don't think Taylor Swift is especially talented, to be honest. Like most pop stars, I find her for the most part to be completely innocuous, and most of the hate falls back on that old chestnut of mistrusting anything teen girls love.
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Dec 30, 2016 16:47
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Henchman of Santa posted:The Kardashians are actually fine, and most people who hate them don't have a good reason. In fact, this almost makes them cool (and Kim at least seems to have become more than a bland reality star, using her platform to address important issues like the Armenian Genocide and Taylor Swift being a phony). There are a few images floating around that show the Kardashians and lamenting on why none of them have died this year. Anyway, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is just OK. Same with The Princess Bride.
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Dec 30, 2016 16:54
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bean_shadow posted:There are a few images floating around that show the Kardashians and lamenting on why none of them have died this year. That's what inspired me to make that post! Those people also complain about Justin Bieber, but unless you're going to high school dances all the time there's no reason to even be exposed to Justin Bieber more than once in a great while.
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Dec 30, 2016 17:01
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It was pretty hilarious when there was a media storm prior and immediately after the election to crucify Taylor Swift for not educating her audiences about politics and who to vote for.
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Dec 30, 2016 17:02
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The main reason why people like the Kardashians and (at least in the past) Paris Hilton etc are so entrenched in public knowledge is the people who hate on them constantly more than the fans. The ratio of people spamming the internet with posts/articles about "why are the kardashians so popular? they are stupid and i hate them" and the people who love them and their various shows is probably 5:1. If you really hate some pop-culture thing, stop talking about it and it will go away on its own.
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Dec 30, 2016 17:09
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I pay very little attention to celebrity gossip and stuff like that, so I don't really have s big opinion on him as a person. But I think his music is awful. There's been many times when a song of his was on and I found it to be just horrible and didn't know it was Kanye until I asked. His rapping has poor flow, lacks energy and most of the time just comes off as annoying. And I don't hate rap or hip hop either. There are far lesser known rappers that are way more talented than him.
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Dec 30, 2016 17:14
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Personally I think he's a great producer, middling MC. For every great line he has two that are just embarrassing, and he should stop trying to sing.
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Dec 30, 2016 17:24
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Try as I might, I just really don't like Letterkenny. I feel as though this makes me a bad Canadian. 
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Dec 30, 2016 17:48
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Dr. Dre is a bad rapper.
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Wheat Loaf posted:I don't think Taylor Swift is especially talented, to be honest. Neither do I, but whenever she gets brought up in front of my wife, I make a point of saying she's a "talented young artist." She'll likely murder me for it eventually, even though I'm pretty sure she knows I'm joking. There are worse ways to die, I guess. No worse reasons that I can think of, but whatever. It's fine.
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lemon-lyme disease posted:Neither do I, but whenever she gets brought up in front of my wife, I make a point of saying she's a "talented young artist." She'll likely murder me for it eventually, even though I'm pretty sure she knows I'm joking. Not a fan, huh?
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genetic_knockout posted:Try as I might, I just really don't like Letterkenny. I feel as though this makes me a bad Canadian. I use the deadpan "You're doing terrific" anytime one of my friends screws up a sentence. But that's about the best thing they have.
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Dec 30, 2016 19:26
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genetic_knockout posted:Try as I might, I just really don't like Letterkenny. I feel as though this makes me a bad Canadian. I love Letterkenny but it is painfully unfunny and bad at times so I can't really blame you
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Dec 30, 2016 19:32
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Master Twig posted:I pay very little attention to celebrity gossip and stuff like that, so I don't really have s big opinion on him as a person. So are they his songs? Or are they songs he was just doing guest verses on? Have you actually listened to one his albums all the way through? Why is his music awful yet his albums always get critical praise. What are some rappers that you think are way more talented.
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Dec 30, 2016 19:33
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The_Rob posted:Why is his music awful yet his albums always get critical praise. I think it is very clear by now that the reviewing industry in general whether it is music, movies, or literature, is a bought and paid for industry. If you paid your dues to the media and greased the right wheels, your mediocre movie is on the way to a guaranteed oscar nomination. Honest media is dead and it's never coming back.
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Dec 30, 2016 19:38
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I dunno man, don't you think, for instance, a film like Batman v Superman would have enough grease to spread around?
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Dec 30, 2016 19:48
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Is this one of those "Disney bribed Rotten Tomatoes to give Batman v Superman bad reviews" things?
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doverhog posted:I dunno man, don't you think, for instance, a film like Batman v Superman would have enough grease to spread around? I'm talking about serious movies, not idiotic comic book movies. Any movie with "vs" in the title is doomed. It will still make money though because somehow hollywood convinced people that comic book movies = worth seeing so they will watch literally anything as long as it has the comic book logo on it. Batman vs Superman still grossed over 300 million dollars, and it's not because the movie was good.
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Dec 30, 2016 19:57
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But what about the grease?
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Mu Zeta posted:Dr. Dre is a bad rapper. I've had people get very vocally angry for saying Snoop is a FAR better rapper than Dre. I stand by it. Snoop is fun to listen to, Dre is still coasting (rap-wise, he's still a great producer) on The Chronic.
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And to expand on that, a serious movie called Doctor Strange, about a wizard with with a pet cape, recently received 90% positive critic reviews, despite having less grease. It appears your premise has been debunked.
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I thought pretty much everyone agreed that rapping was Dre's weakest skill and that he didn't write his own lyrics anyway. He's basically the co-lead on his own iconic album.
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my favorite rapper is vanilla iceWheat Loaf posted:Is this one of those "Disney bribed Rotten Tomatoes to give Batman v Superman bad reviews" things? I heard they bribed RT to give it good reviews.
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yeah I eat rear end posted:I think it is very clear by now that the reviewing industry in general whether it is music, movies, or literature, is a bought and paid for industry. If you paid your dues to the media and greased the right wheels, your mediocre movie is on the way to a guaranteed oscar nomination. Honest media is dead and it's never coming back. Any particular example you'd like to use to support your theory? Also, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is an incredible album and deserves all the praise it gets.
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fruit on the bottom posted:Any particular example you'd like to use to support your theory? The Revenant.
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doverhog posted:And to expand on that, a serious movie called Doctor Strange, about a wizard with with a pet cape, recently received 90% positive critic reviews, despite having less grease. It appears your premise has been debunked. How is that serious at all? It was a goofy as poo poo movie about magic wizards and was barely above Harry Potter in terms of "seriousness". Any major comic movie is going to get hugely positive reviews because they know it will drive more people to go see them. If a relatively obscure movie gets 100% positive reviews it's not going to make nearly as much money as a new avengers movie that has a 97% positive rating backing it up.
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Dec 30, 2016 20:44
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It seems to me like half of the MCU movies have gotten a collective shrug from critics but maybe I'm looking in the wrong places.
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Most fetishes are gross and weird
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Pick posted:Most fetishes are gross and weird perfect av/post combo
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yeah I eat rear end posted:How is that serious at all? It was a goofy as poo poo movie about magic wizards and was barely above Harry Potter in terms of "seriousness".  So, if any major comic movie is going to get hugely positive reviews, why did Batman v Superman get smashed in reviews?
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Being into Jean Grey is pretty tame as fetishes go. So you want a redhead to kill you. Ok, could be worse.
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