Facebook Follies of Friends and Families

Started by Syt, December 06, 2015, 01:55:02 PM

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Admiral Yi

#11010
March 03, 2021, 03:07:12 AM
The creepy stare is all on him though.

Syt

#11011
March 03, 2021, 11:58:33 AM




I see Fox is still going on about Dr Seuss like there's almost no other topic worth covering right now.

But was there a campaign against Dr Seuss books? Or did the company review the material, decided it no longer fits with young readers today and decided not to publish the books in question anymore? Because except from right wingers I don't see anything about this. :unsure:
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
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Darth Wagtaros

#11012
March 03, 2021, 01:59:39 PM
I thought it was just a a PR move by the publisher. Not a huge leftist assault on Dr Seuss. But outrage porn is outrage porn. 
PDH!

Valmy

#11013
March 03, 2021, 02:31:14 PM
Yeah nobody has ever tried to censor rap lyrics before.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

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Syt

#11015
March 10, 2021, 06:28:08 AM
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Malthus

#11016
March 10, 2021, 12:09:59 PM
If Dr. Suess depicted the graphic crucifixion of the Cat in the Hat as Jesus, we could achieve a perfect balance - we could offend everyone. 😄
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius

Valmy

#11017
March 10, 2021, 12:13:27 PM
It is so weird because there was no groundswell of left wing activists canceling Dr Suess. Nobody is being harassed or forced out of their jobs or any of the really bad things that can happen in the culture war.

It is just a publisher deciding not to continue printing a few books. Something that happens all the time. But nobody even asked them to do so, much less forced them through some big culture war attack. It is just weird that this is the hill they want to fight on.

Also they rarely even mention what specific books are no longer being printed. They act like all Dr Suess is now racist for some reason.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Oexmelin

#11018
March 10, 2021, 12:16:22 PM
Doctor Suess will help us find Jessu. 
Que le grand cric me croque !

Malthus

#11019
March 10, 2021, 12:19:44 PM
Quote from: Oexmelin on March 10, 2021, 12:16:22 PM
Doctor Suess will help us find Jessu.

One fish
Two fish
Red fish
Jesus fish
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius

Valmy

#11020
March 10, 2021, 12:32:27 PM
There is something outrageous about Dr Suess though. The very fact that he has been dead for 30 years yet his books are not only not public domain but will not in any of our lifetimes. Copyright law is so ridiculous. I mean do artists really need to continue to profit from their works decades and decades after they are rotting in their graves? What are these dead artists supposed to do with these revenues? If an engineer invents some amazing device they get a patent for a decade. If the same engineer writes a kids book he gets it for his entire life plus the life of his children and a significant part of his grandchildren as well. I mean do we really need this kind of dynastic benefit? Surely just having a copyright during your lifetime should be incentive enough to be creative.

So, you know, if it was public domain it couldn't be cancelled. So there you go Republicans, reform these copyright laws and strike a blow against cancel culture.

Oh and it seems Tucker Carlson recently claimed we are still in Afghanistan to enforce woke culture on the locals. So hey lets end all of our woke wars and come home!

I wonder how many other left wing peacenik anti-corporate things we can get Conservatives to get on board with due to this culture war shit?
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

grumbler

#11021
March 10, 2021, 12:52:35 PM
Blame Sam Clemens for the excessive extent of US copyright protection.  He was determined that his daughters would never have to work.  Ironically, only one of his children, Clara, would survive him.  In fact, she was the only one of the four Twain children to even reach 30 years of age.  She lasted 56 years after his death, so maybe the 70-year provision wasn't so excessive from his POV.
The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.   -G'Kar

Bayraktar!

Razgovory

#11022
March 10, 2021, 01:03:15 PM
Quote from: Valmy on March 10, 2021, 12:13:27 PM
It is so weird because there was no groundswell of left wing activists canceling Dr Suess. Nobody is being harassed or forced out of their jobs or any of the really bad things that can happen in the culture war.

It is just a publisher deciding not to continue printing a few books. Something that happens all the time. But nobody even asked them to do so, much less forced them through some big culture war attack. It is just weird that this is the hill they want to fight on.

Also they rarely even mention what specific books are no longer being printed. They act like all Dr Suess is now racist for some reason.

It appeals to conservative media because they don't have to talk about how conservatives attempted to overthrow the government two months ago.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Eddie Teach

#11023
March 10, 2021, 01:05:38 PM
Quote from: Malthus on March 10, 2021, 12:19:44 PM
Quote from: Oexmelin on March 10, 2021, 12:16:22 PM
Doctor Suess will help us find Jessu.

One fish
Two fish
Red fish
Jesus fish

One fish
Two fish
Jesus fish
Darwin fish.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Valmy

#11024
March 10, 2021, 01:07:33 PM
Or the fact they are voting against the very popular COVID relief or raising the minimum wage.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."
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