A far-right group in Canada has had its website taken over by gay furry erotica."taken over" :thinking
The new white nationalist group known as Wolves of Odin, a splinter group from the Europe-based Soldiers of Odin, made the news on January 25 after its members were linked to a confrontation with worshippers outside mosque in Edmonton, Canada.
The incident inspired Edmonton local Brady Grumpelt to get his own back in the best way possible.
Wolves of Odin now promoting gay furry erotica
The activist decided to buy the web domain WolvesOfOdin.ca out from under the group, and give it a brilliant new purpose.
That purpose, apparently, is gay furry erotica.
People searching for the group are now greeted by gay wolf-themed artwork, with scantily clad wolves bearing names like DoggyTreat69, 2pups1cup, and White_Power_Bottom.
Speaking to VICE, Grumpelt said: “I thought to myself, I think I might take this and do something funny with it.
“It took about ten minutes to kinda think it up. I thought, well it is wolves… so that works fairly well.”
All is not lost, however, as Grumpelt is more than happy to the domain go—in exchange for a $10,000 donation to Hate Free Edmonton, which cleans up racist graffiti in the city.
A spokesperson for Hate Free Edmonton told The Star Edmontonthat it appreciates the gesture, but added the gay furry erotica is “decidedly off-brand for us.”
The gay furry erotica was originally more explicit
Speaking to the newspaper, Grumpelt added: “The initial version was a lot more graphic… It’s not the most G-rated site in the world.”
“I just wanted to take it away from somebody that might use it for hate.
“I’ll take whatever power I can away from them and use it for something else.”
In terms of animation, does Japan have anything that is equivalent to America's adult prime time animated shows? Shows like F is for Family, Bojack Horseman, The Simpsons, Archer, and others?I'm not an expert so maybe somebody with more extensive knowledge will stop by, but in the mean time I'll take a shot at this. Genre and demographic wise anime tends to be broader than American animation. For anime there's a massively greater output with maybe 30-40 shows per season. There's shows aimed at children such as Pokemon, Beyblade, PreCure, etc. Those are also often vehicles for merch. There's shows aimed at the kid to teen crowd like Naruto, Bleach, and My Hero Academia. These have merch too and often exist to push manga/ light novel sales of the original material. Then there's some stuff that's nebulously teen to adult like Cowboy Bebop or One Punch Man. Sometimes these are also vehicles for merch. Honestly demographic categorization is kind of a mess and often a point of contention as even shows like PreCure which is aimed at little girls has a periphery demographic of grown men. Not to mention how demographics can differ between Japanese and fans in other countries. Plenty of grown men like DBZ for instance.
I don't follow Japanese culture all that much. But I feel that if America's attitude toward what animation can be were as insular as Japan's, we'd still be stuck in the Hanna Barbara mindset of presentation and story telling.
Akira, Princess Mononoke, and The Cat Returns are probably the full extent of my anime viewing. I've also seen various clips of Sailor Moon and Pokemon but never got into them.
Usually, it was the bad dubbing and recycled plots that kept me from getting into anime stuff in general.
For anyone on Era who has keen insight into the minds of anime dorks, to how deep of an extent are they absorbed in anime, and what factors set them apart from others who watch say... Bob's Burgers or Futurama, but are otherwise immune in that they're fandom is not eclipsing their perception or desire of the reality around them.
I guess what I'm saying is that no one who watches The Simpsons is wishing to be transported to Springfield, and that's the impression I'm getting whenever I read articles like these.
I legitimately can't tell whether the essay length posts in this thread are serious or not. :doge
I legitimately can't tell whether the essay length posts in this thread are serious or not. :doge
First let me clarify:
- I love playing video games.
- I respect the work that goes into them.
- I respect developers for what they accomplish and the talent they show.
- I respect individual games for the heights they reach within the medium.
But as a whole, I don't respect the medium of video games.
This has been a fairly recent realization. I think it really started to dawn on me when I had to explain to my son why he could only play for a bit each day. I noticed I felt relief whenever he quit on his own, and I felt worry whenever he wanted to play more than the designated time. I realized I didn't feel that way about sports or painting or pretty much any other activity he does besides video games. (And non-learning TV shows.)
So I've been thinking on why, and I think it's down to these basic premises. If you disagree with any of these, I can see why you think I'm in crazy town:
1. I believe a life is best spent seeking fulfillment rather than seeking happiness. I think you gain more happiness as a byproduct of seeking fulfillment than you gain by seeking happiness itself.
2. I think boredom's primary mechanism is to motivate us to accomplish something. Hunt those deer, gather those berries, whatever. Accomplishing something in the real world--especially helping someone--leads to fulfillment.
3. I think video games' primary function is to curb boredom and make us not accomplish anything in the real world.
For example, an RPG's leveling up mechanism simulates the feeling of progression, of accomplishing something. In reality, you are no better a person when your character is level 99. You've in reality accomplished nothing. It satisfies your innate "I need to get something done right now" drive without you actually getting anything done. It's similar to how a diet pill gets rid of the unpleasant feeling of hunger without you actually doing what your hunger is meant to drive you to do: eat.
This doesn't mean I don't think some good can come from games.
There exist some stories about someone connecting with their deceased mom through Animal Crossing, or someone with a disability finding games therapeutic. Good can happen within the medium.
And plenty of people handle video game balance just fine, accomplishing everything they need to and then using video games as a short way to relax at the end of a day. That's great.
But fundamentally, I think the medium as a whole is a diet pill on society, lessening society's motivation to accomplish things. While there are many people who handle video games fine, I think there are many who do not. It's like ice cream: in small quantities, it's not bad for you. But it's almost never good for you.
And yes, there are other entertainment mediums that are similar. But none of them serve you fake-accomplishment pills to the same degree that video games do. And many other hobbies--art, sports, etc.--better you in some way, whether physically or creatively. Many hobbies lead one to create something. Video games are primarily about consumption. While video games have some small benefits (e.g., hand-eye coordination, puzzle-solving skills, Minecraft-esque construction), I think a cost-benefits analysis is far less favorable to video games than to other hobbies.
And yeah, I'm in all likelihood going to continue playing games. But if someone Thanos-snapped video games from existence, I do think the world would be better off for it, in the same way Thanos-snapping ice cream from existence would be better for our society.
TL;DR: As someone who loves games, I've recently come to lose respect for the medium due to its nature. Video games are a consumption hobby that gives us a false feeling of accomplishment. It satiates our boredom/desire to accomplish something without us actually accomplishing anything. Thus, like a diet pill making you eat less by getting rid of hunger, video games get rid of our boredom and cause us to accomplish less than we otherwise would have. I believe this effect, while present in other entertainment, is more pronounced and pernicious in video games.
The nazis can keep anime.
Hell even the rape shit. The fact that Goblin Slayer starts off by going hey Goblins are more clever and will wreck you for being too cocky, and it is ultimately characterized by the rape, both by the audience, as well as author is a fundamental failure on the shows behalf. There was a manga recently called Gal Cleaning which was a wholesome (not really) manga about a dude cleaning a Gals house, and then by chapter 8, it introduces the Student Council President who opposes the two being around each other but secretly she likes the dude. Then then spend a bunch of 8.xx chapters on a flashback on her getting raped by two dudes in a class, and her getting saved by the dude, and now she wants to be "cleaned". And she gets rejected in chapter 9 and the manga ends like 1 or two chapters later. Theres more 8.xx chapters than the main chapter line.
fuck i was going to do that one :lolThat's kinda the problem, isn't it? Few people are as reflective of the media they consume as you claim yourself to be, and even on top of that, you also only start that process of reflection when you deem the criticism as valid. We are outliers in a society that raises people to consume uncritically.
I've jerked off three times while reading this thread
succumbing to Orientalist traps
I've jerked off three times while reading this thread
But was it to boring, gaijin pornography or glorious, Nihonjinron hentai?
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Them dutch childhood animes.
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Them dutch childhood animes.
It was actually a coproduction with a Japanese studio, doesn’t it?
Is that a real post about Ninja Scroll?
Violent, sexist and stupid, Ninja Scroll is inexcusable.:beavis
Plus, the repeated rape is inexcusable.