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Oppressed Majority

JustSaying says...

Men tend to not pick up on the subtle nuances of sexism.
About 3 months ago I entered a room at work. A female colleague of mine, one of the most attractive ones at that time, was eating a sandwich or something like that. Nothing phallic like a banana. Across the room stood another coworker, freshly married father of a newborn son. He was watching her eating with an expression of certain interest and after I inquired what's so interesting he proclaimed loudly enough for her to her "I could watch her do that all day." His tone said way more than his words.
The woman was eating a fucking sandwich. I'm still waiting for the day when I'm licking an icecream cone and any woman tells me she could watch me do that all day long.

And that's just the subtle stuff, the socially acceptable creepiness.

deathcow said:

I don't meet dudes who act like any of this. I must hang out in educated circles of civil people. WHo is this made for?

Oppressed Majority

dannym3141 says...

I think we have to give them artistic license to show as many examples as possible of the worst it can be, but at the same time it paints a pretty bleak picture where every single "man" acts compulsively and exaggeratedly sexist whenever they're within earshot of a "woman".

I don't like the more subtle aspects either - "men" peeing in alleyways? I've seen women peeing in alleyways and i consider it equally disgusting as men peeing in alleyways. Whoever does it is gross or utterly desperate, and by dint of easier access men are probably more inclined to take the risk of it. This embellishes the misogyny.

The clothing comparisons made is another example - they compare loose fitting shirt and shorts with (for example) skin tight, see through, almost naked stuff. Her dialogue at the end makes me think the author was being quite a bit tongue-in-cheek about that and therefore other bits. Topless jogging? How many would want to do that? Doesn't make good mechanical sense to me and i think you'd find a topless woman walking around my neighbourhood would be shopped in by the women who saw her, not the men.

I think if they're going to try to make a point with the rape scene then they needed to be less tongue-in-cheek with the goofy stuff that i think is added for a level of humour.

bluecliff said:

ofcs the cowards who put this up on youtube disabled comments and up/downvoting
this video is disgusting, filled with cliches, and portrays men like they're animals

so f*ck you, you can try to guilt-trip someone else

Oppressed Majority

JustSaying says...

The reason this video had all comments and votes disabled is because the uploader knew people, males, would react the way you do. And worse.
Look, the purpose of the video is not to say all men are animals and hating on the peniscarrying part of the population, the purpose is to condense, concentrate, the experience of sexism. Yes, it goes to the extgreme of attempted rape (or whatever you want to call it) but just look at the reported number of rapes in your country and contemplate how much higher the numbers were if all rapes were reported.
Think about all the stuff that comes before the guy gets actually physically attacked. That's not necessarily what women experience in a single day, that's what women expirience in general.
Sexism is sometimes like racism, a rather subtle thing. Have you seen the 8 minute rant of Kanye West on Jimmy Kimmel? Watch it. The guy might be a douchebag but he has some interesting, noteworthy things to say there.
Hell, I'm sure I've been sexist without noticing myself but reactions like yours to such a video tend to illustrate the point made in it, most of us men are not really aware of what sexism means to a woman. The video gives you an idea. But maybe I'd rather talk to your wife instead.

bluecliff said:

ofcs the cowards who put this up on youtube disabled comments and up/downvoting
this video is disgusting, filled with cliches, and portrays men like they're animals

so f*ck you, you can try to guilt-trip someone else

Computer Generated Eye Is Awesome!

ChaosEngine says...

Resolution isn't really relevant. Standard def tv is more realistic than the latest video games even at 4k.

Pre rendered photo real cgi has been around for several years now, but one of the hardest challenges are human faces, because we have evolved to spot incredibly subtle signs within faces. Look up the Uncanny Valley.

To answer your question directly, the human eye can basically detect ~300 dpi at reading length (hence Apple marketing "retina" screens)

phyman said:

What resolution is reality? That seemed about right.

Even Pat Robertson Denies the Earth is 6,000 Years Old!!!!

CreamK says...

Funny, i come from a background where young earth was a fact taught to me. By the time i was 10, the overwhelming evidence pointed towards at least hundreds of thousands of years and by the time i was 15, the whole thing was over for me. The church i was in, changed it's views (maybe the only thing they've admitted..) but that was after i was long gone. So i know young earth theories pretty well and they are all bullshit.

Let me ask you this, if creation is such big part of the bible, why does that story only last two pages? It's very vague and cryptic, the subtle changes between two different languages in those very first words allow all kinds of theories in them and i'm not talking about translations that are changing text deliberately, i'm talking about "honest to god" verbatim translations. Believing that Earth is old is not blasphemy. Believing that earth is young and then cherry picking the rest of the book as you wish.. That is the real blasphemy. If your Young Earth believer, you are also believing that owning of slaves is good etc all that stuff that you don't believe in. You can't say that one part is absolute truth taken literally and the next is not.

shinyblurry said:

There are plenty of theists who believe in an old age of the Earth; however, they have to compromise scripture in a big way to get it to work. Also, and I've said this before, I used to be a firm believer in an old age of the Earth, but I changed my mind because of the evidence, not in spite of it. I had always believed there was very good evidence proving it was true, as that was the way I was taught and raised. I found out this was not so, or even close to it, and when I found out I would have to put more faith in the assumptions being made than I would in the bible, I chose to put my faith in scripture. I am fairly sure most of the people of this site were at the place I used to be, believing it because that is what is taught in school and mirrored endlessly in the culture. You see it in movies, books, televisions show, reinforcing it over and over again. But when I took the time to understand the actual evidence I found that they have taken some very big leaps of faith, completely unjustified, and actually contrary to the evidence that they find.

This 777 replica is made of manila folders

How the Media Failed Women in 2013

chingalera says...

Uhhh, did anyone but Stu name the middle path of not paying attention to the only thing that matters? That being, the one way or the other as to how the media uses device and formula, primarily the time-honored and well-developed tools of distracting the consumers of the same from more pressing issues of economic ass-rape, political hi-jacking, or the subtle steering of peeps to think about complete horseshit as opposed to the ruse being perpetrated to hijack their minds and culture to their own ends?

Men, women, all being congealed into distracted humans who will buy more of and believe more of the shit they want you to, in order to increase the coffers of powerful cabals. Ever play RISK? It's not about only land and the human resource anymore, the model of the now is mass-media luring you into a stupor to make you think about shit, and work for more shit, to turn humanity into a soulless Energizer bunnies, who THINK they have a clue.

I wash my ass like a man

WTF Happened to Movie Posters?

EvilDeathBee says...

On the subject of game covers, it seemed regions made a difference sometimes. My favourite example is the RE4 cover. They came up with a gorgeous, subtle and somewhat creepy cover for PAL regions but NTSC it's covered in Man! Enemies! Guns! IN YO FACE! like they think their audiences are retarded.

Compare this disgusting NTSC cover:
http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/0/8111/1246418-1109666475_00.jpg

with this awesome PAL cover:
http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/0/8111/1246420-resident_evil4_ngc_cover.jpg


Great video, btw...

How attached cats are to their owners?

yellowc says...

And if they were less cute and provided decent nutrition, we'd eat them, so what?

Fighting starvation is not a great indicator of anything, you might eat another human or yourself if you were in a situation that warranted it. I don't think I need to defend against the circle of life, we're the very last species that can frown on another animal for eating something smaller than it.

Enjoying and giving affection is not an exclusive condition, you don't have to *always* and *only* love your one owner constantly. That'd just be annoying.

I believe in research, it suggests cats are quite affectionate to their owners, it is simply not displayed in ways that humans typically understand. Experiments done by people who actually want to understand cat behaviour and not just contrast it to that of a dog, find that cat expression is rather complicated and subtle. It requires long and repeated observation, cats are not suited to these 10minute experiments.

It's an ongoing study, some if it is really quite new, you can look it up or you can continue not caring, I'm not particularly fussed. Thankfully I don't need validation to enjoy the relationship I have with my cat, I don't think it wants only me and I don't have a problem with that, I do think she feels we're rather good friends. That's something I'm happy with.

SFOGuy said:

OK, let's try this:
If we were smaller, they'd eat us.
The core brain of a cat just don't care.
There just isn't that attachment that cat, well, not owners; more like co-habitants, think there is.
IMHO.

Mylie Cyrus - Wrecking Ball - Whale Edition

Russell Brand Interviewed By A Very Excited Fan

CreamK says...

I've worked with disabled children and i know exactly how you feel. It takes a lot of effort and the main thing is to know them as a person. Us non-disabled beings, we have a complex set of rules and customs, we can pick up personal traits in seconds, sometimes milliseconds and a lot of it involved body language, subtle little nuances in the speech patterns. Interacting disabled, that layer is affected. In the end, when you have established a connection, when you know what they think, how they, needs, wants, dreams etc. the interaction is exactly like it is with anyone else.

Even after working with this children successfully and actually loving them to bits (my departure from that field was heart breaking, i still get tears in my eyes) it's still a hurdle each time i meet a new person who has disabilities. But don't worry, they have this interaction as a default, it's the same with everyone they meet. Disabled have gotten used to it and know that if you hangs out long enough to know them as a person, it's worth the effort. Some act that they don't have that hurdle at all when they feel it, overact and try to show empathy which is even worse as it turn into patronizing very fast. Just be natural, if you're shy, you're shy. If you're reserved, you are reserved. One trait was very common with all kids i had the chance of knowing: they see your emotional state like you see colors so don't try to act or pretend. Just be yourself.

artician said:

That really brought a smile to my face. I personally don't know how to act around people I meet in every day life, so interactions with disabled people have always been extra difficult. I do my honest best to be a kind person to everyone, but I fail miserably in that (phobias and avoidance, nothing mean, ever). I dig Russell Brand for his insane dip into celebrity and then the rationalization and intelligence to come out the other side seeing things as they really are for everyday individuals (politically, etc).
This video just makes my day because he's so wonderful to this girl, and she makes my day for pursuing her goals so honestly (or deceptively, in terms of affection).

Alex Trebek Has Gone Insane

pierrekrahn says...

Oh it is definitely awesome editing. If you listen very closely you can hear very brief and subtle breaks.

Payback said:

Set up or really awesome editing? Because I bet he's said every English word four times over the years, including mid sentence and final word inflections.

Biker Gang Protects Abused Children

ChaosEngine says...

Did they actually include a not-so-subtle threat at the end there?

Ordinarily, I'd probably say something about due process, etc, but fuck it... bikers beating up child abusers? I suddenly find I have no problem with that.

Big Budget Hollywood Movie About Noah's Ark with Russel Crow

Deano says...

It's all about the in play! (Subtle Ray Winstone reference).

I would love to have a laugh at this once it's on Netflix. Why does Anthony Hopkins always sound like he's phoning it in? Such an overrated actor.

And where's Ridley Scott? Thought he was married to Crowe?

I wonder if they'll go into the shipbuilding technology required to build a single super large vessel capable of surviving a world-wide flood?



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