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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Eschaton on June 10, 2014, 01:16:21 AM

Title: everyone's favorite white hipster publication is on the verge of selling out
Post by: Eschaton on June 10, 2014, 01:16:21 AM
You're next, Eric P :ufup :rejoice

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2014/06/09/report-vice-talking-to-time-warner-about-2-2-billion-deal-that-might-include-a-cable-channel/
Title: Re: everyone's favorite white hipster publication is on the verge of selling out
Post by: Mr. Gundam on June 10, 2014, 01:23:33 AM
Their show on HBO is awesome. Eh.
Title: Re: everyone's favorite white hipster publication is on the verge of selling out
Post by: Kara on June 10, 2014, 01:24:33 AM
Are they doing this ironically?
Title: Re: everyone's favorite white hipster publication is on the verge of selling out
Post by: Mr. Gundam on June 10, 2014, 01:26:45 AM
Are they doing this ironically?

Nah. Shane Smith wants a media empire. Getting a TV channel is a goal of his.
Title: Re: everyone's favorite white hipster publication is on the verge of selling out
Post by: nudemacusers on June 10, 2014, 01:40:53 AM
Are they gonna replace all the guys with undercuts and flannel interviewing 'strange natives' with dudes in suits and combovers :(
suits and combovers will the next big hipster thing book it
Title: Re: everyone's favorite white hipster publication is on the verge of selling out
Post by: Shadow Mod on June 10, 2014, 01:46:48 AM
Ironic combovers.

"dude I didn't know you were balding?"
"I'm not."
Title: Re: everyone's favorite white hipster publication is on the verge of selling out
Post by: nudemacusers on June 10, 2014, 01:52:04 AM
i think i might start dying parts of my hair grey. get that dr quest salt & pepper
Title: Re: everyone's favorite white hipster publication is on the verge of selling out
Post by: Your Stalker on June 10, 2014, 01:54:35 AM
you should be there in a few years naturally
Title: Re: everyone's favorite white hipster publication is on the verge of selling out
Post by: StealthFan on June 10, 2014, 02:04:32 AM
It really is just crusty ass cacs that love Vice. Same with TED.
Title: Re: everyone's favorite white hipster publication is on the verge of selling out
Post by: nudemacusers on June 10, 2014, 02:09:31 AM
you should be there in a few years naturally
:shaq2
Title: Re: everyone's favorite white hipster publication is on the verge of selling out
Post by: Quaker on June 10, 2014, 02:10:16 AM
Wait, Noisey is a Vice brand? :yuck

I was only familiar with their guitar videos on Youtube so I had no idea.

http://youtu.be/AJDUHq2mJx0
Title: Re: everyone's favorite white hipster publication is on the verge of selling out
Post by: Kara on June 10, 2014, 02:31:58 AM
How am I going to find out about 'fascinating primitive cultures' now? National geographic?  Too respectful.

The last time I had a car smog checked the place had an ancient (as in, publicated pre-1990) National Geographic discussing Kosovo of all things.

I was like  :ohhh, then I remembered this picture and chuckled.

(http://abload.de/img/01serbia2ypvh.jpg)

It really is just crusty ass cacs that love Vice. Same with TED.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FMBSblpcrc
Title: Re: everyone's favorite white hipster publication is on the verge of selling out
Post by: Kara on June 10, 2014, 02:39:31 AM
dp
Title: Re: everyone's favorite white hipster publication is on the verge of selling out
Post by: benjipwns on June 10, 2014, 02:42:16 AM
I once went to a dentist office in 2006ish and saw some magazine behind like a couch or something so I pulled it out and it was a Newsweek or Time or something about the Kosovo War.  :lol

At least it wasn't Bosnia.
Title: Re: everyone's favorite white hipster publication is on the verge of selling out
Post by: Quaker on June 10, 2014, 02:54:01 AM
Bro the site is like noisey.vice.com :lol
I only ever came across them on the Youtube under related videos.

Yeah, not sure how people with critical thinking can still take Vice seriously. From what I've seen, they're either gawking and being exploitative as shit for shock value(South American donkey sex, pretty much all of their African content) or they're reporting on dubious spooky hearsay without actually following it up(easily accessible Russian black market nukes, magic South American zombie drug) and passing it off as new media journalism that the lamestream media doesn't want you to see.

The NYT has its own problems but David Carr shitting all over Vice's MO is one of my favorite things.

http://youtu.be/iLmkec_4Rfo
Title: Re: everyone's favorite white hipster publication is on the verge of selling out
Post by: benjipwns on June 10, 2014, 03:09:50 AM
If the VICE guys were really trying to do good things for this world they would have smashed David Carr's thumbs for the way he was pounding that space bar.
Title: Re: everyone's favorite white hipster publication is on the verge of selling out
Post by: Eric P on June 10, 2014, 07:03:09 AM
Noisey is a frustrating outlet. Every once in a while they'll have an interesting article or in depth but most of the time it's pretty dire nigel filth. And they're obsessed with drill rap.

i know several people who write good things for Noisey, but the website is generally such click bait bullshit that it's essentially worthless to keep in my rss feed.  at times just scrolling through the headlines would annoy me

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You're next, Eric P :ufup :rejoice

i fucking wish.  i want new camera lenses. 
Title: Re: everyone's favorite white hipster publication is on the verge of selling out
Post by: Phoenix Dark on June 10, 2014, 10:02:55 AM
I've only watched two ted talks. One was the paper towel talk, and since then I only use one to dry my hands.
Title: Re: everyone's favorite white hipster publication is on the verge of selling out
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on June 10, 2014, 10:16:58 AM
Wait, Regina Spektor?  ???
Title: Re: everyone's favorite white hipster publication is on the verge of selling out
Post by: Madrun Badrun on June 10, 2014, 01:46:18 PM
Vice docs are terrible.  Maybe replacing the interviewers with suits might make it less shit filed. 
Title: Re: everyone's favorite white hipster publication is on the verge of selling out
Post by: Kara on June 10, 2014, 05:00:56 PM
Wait, Regina Spektor?  ???

I should really adopt Soviet Kitsch as my new name here.
Title: Re: everyone's favorite white hipster publication is on the verge of selling out
Post by: TEEEPO on June 10, 2014, 05:12:21 PM
i know several people who write good things for Noisey, but the website is generally such click bait bullshit that it's essentially worthless to keep in my rss feed.  at times just scrolling through the headlines would annoy me

this. their RSS feed is completely worthless but the few great articles they do posts have prevented me from unsubscribing. SEO is the absolute worst.

i do enjoy their documentaries, even if they come off as being exploitative and often times culturally insensitive -- especially anything that fashion week girl touches -- but i find everything i hate about the way they do things to also be a positive. they've at least become an outlet for those certain types who'd never watch Frontline but waste hours watching Vice as if they have something substantial to say, but you know, at least their viewers are becoming culturally aware?