VOAT Containment Megathread of Trash People for Trash People

[james]

News should be tax funded

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Strawman ahoy

[daycru]

Ah, so he's pretending. Hell of an actor!

The humour of the show is in the absurd reality of what he's presenting and the way the principal enablers (often politicians) defend them. "This thing is blatantly and obviously fucked once you scrutinize it, here's a clip of a company representative or politician more or less admit to it." That's the concept of the show. In-between, John Oliver emotes exaggeratedly and tells some skip-worthy jokes. Eh, so what? Maybe you perceive that as pandering and being talked down to? I wouldn't necessarily disagree, that stuff makes me cringe, too.

Just look at this for a minute and tell me it isn't funny:
https://youtu.be/PDylgzybWAw?t=279

The set-up and then the diagram from a training manual showing a literal cycle of debt? I mean - come on. That is too good. You don't have to be a a sardonic foreigner to be able to laugh at that.

Woof. Made me want to abandon the regional standup comedy game and try my hand at magic.

[VomKriege]

News should be tax funded

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Strawman ahoy

Living in a country where media and news organizations probably receives a lot more funding than in the US, I feel safe in telling it doesn't help that much.
And sure I chose the most extreme example but it's a decent illustration of some of the problem with public owned media.

[daemon]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1323235

I've always felt Trico bears an uncanny resemblance to my dog

His dog
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Trico
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Maybe he waited 10 years to get it?

[Optimus]

There was a time I enjoyed Last Week Tonight but it is starting to feel stale now.  I don't know if he ran out of really juicy topics or if the gimmick has run its course.

He uses the exact same fucking jokes each and every week. He has a weekly show that became stale a lot faster than the Daily Show that was, well, daily. Not to mention he overplayed his hand with the shilling for Clinton who the younger generations, his audience, kind of hate. I still remember that pathetic segment on Clinton scandals, Jesus Christ, that one was cringeworthy.

[etiolate]

A comedy show that fashions itself a news program, teaching people to seek their information via entertainment then suggesting to that very audience the idea they should subscribe to WashPo and NYT is hilarious.

The "fake news" narrative is just establishment types getting scared that their lack of concern for accuracy or certain parts of America is biting them in the ass. They are losing ground to alternate forms of information after the major TV news had lost ground to comedy shows. A fucking circus.

[Himu]

A comedy show that fashions itself a news program, teaching people to seek their information via entertainment then suggesting to that very audience the idea they should subscribe to WashPo and NYT is hilarious.

The "fake news" narrative is just establishment types getting scared that their lack of concern for accuracy or certain parts of America is biting them in the ass. They are losing ground to alternate forms of information after the major TV news had lost ground to comedy shows. A fucking circus.

Someone brought a firearm and fired it in a pizza shop because of fake news you dip shit

[Tasty]

Not a good look, not a good luck at all. (Image removed from quote.)

#optics

[Tasty]

The "fake news" narrative

[daycru]

Because someone did one thing because of a fake news story doesn't mean etiolate isn't on to something. The real news has been reporting fake news for years and of course they never ran stories on themselves using their services as propaganda.

MWD in Iraq
Hillary Clinton having huge leads in the election
Bernie Bros throwing chairs in Nevada

[james]

Because someone did one thing because of a fake news story doesn't mean etiolate isn't on to something. The real news has been reporting fake news for years and of course they never ran stories on themselves using their services as propaganda.

MWD in Iraq
Hillary Clinton having huge leads in the election
Bernie Bros throwing chairs in Nevada

The difference is in all cases they followed up with "oops our bad".

Unlike Brietbart and co which follow up WITH NOTHING

[etiolate]

"Hi I'm Norm MacDonald and this is the fake news."


"Hi I'm John Oliver and we need to talk about the dangers of fake news."

[Dennis]

How about that Final Fantasy XV?

[railGUN]

Getting redirected to scam sites on mobile.

Can't even browse Gaf anymore without NoChromo to block ads on mobile, getting actual porn redirects at this point.
Thank mr nochromo

Got that too yesterday. I was redirected immediately, never even saw gaf before i landed there. Juicy pics included.

--

I PM'd EviLore and just got a reply that he's looking into it.

 

[thisismyusername]

Sadly, most places like NYT and WaPo charge more than $5 a year. Teen Vogue is a outlier (but if you've seen their paper magazines, they're tiny but packed with pages--most of them ads granted--for the price.

Speaking of Tweets and it being semi-related to GAF, I figured this'll be interesting for some of you:

https://twitter.com/alexislloyd/status/806714189087735808

Drilling that down: http://boingboing.net/2016/12/07/for-two-years-criminals-stole.html

JavaScript

You have to admit the .png transparency bypass to where the characters are collected for Javascript to execute the code is pretty damn smart, though.

[FStop7]

How about that Final Fantasy XV?

Video games?  How 2015. 

[zepblackstar]

How about that Final Fantasy XV?

11 GB first day update

 

[Atramental]

Getting redirected to scam sites on mobile.

Can't even browse Gaf anymore without NoChromo to block ads on mobile, getting actual porn redirects at this point.
Thank mr nochromo

Got that too yesterday. I was redirected immediately, never even saw gaf before i landed there. Juicy pics included.

--

I PM'd EviLore and just got a reply that he's looking into it.

 

"Looking into it"  AKA  "Oh good, my ad revenue is up 10% this month."   

[Oblivion]

I like Oliver and I appreciate him being able to take complex issues and break them down into an easy to digest format, but holy shit do I hate his style of comedy. It's so formulaic, always has the same set up, but probably most importantly, it's just unfunny most of the time. And he laughs way too much at his own shit, one of the worst things a comedian can do.

It's really weird cause I thought he was great on the Daily Show, but on LWT, he comes off as a total amateur.

[Syph]

yea he is straight up unfunny nowadays
it's cool that he brings attention to a lot of things that his audience otherwise wouldn't know or care about, but geez
agree with the laughing at his own jokes thing as well

[clothedmacuser]

if only this country felt as strongly about actually eliminating oppression as a few posters here feel about the mention of violence as a reaction to it

what a world it would be

 

Imagine Peace

[Optimus]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=226252221&postcount=41

"No, no! Don't censor violence, censor sex instead!"

[I'm a Puppy!]

I had no idea so many people had such strong feelings about John Oliver.

[Oblivion]

I had no idea so many people had such strong feelings about John Oliver.

Strong in a good or bad way?

[Optimus]

I had no idea so many people had such strong feelings about John Oliver.

He's become quite annoying for anyone who's not a establishment Democrat or typical upper/upper middle class liberal (which is why he's perfect for HBO). Not to mention his humor became old really fast.

[Optimus]

A comedy show that fashions itself a news program, teaching people to seek their information via entertainment then suggesting to that very audience the idea they should subscribe to WashPo and NYT is hilarious.

The "fake news" narrative is just establishment types getting scared that their lack of concern for accuracy or certain parts of America is biting them in the ass. They are losing ground to alternate forms of information after the major TV news had lost ground to comedy shows. A fucking circus.

Someone brought a firearm and fired it in a pizza shop because of fake news you dip shit

Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis died because of corporate fake news you dipshit. Maybe ban corporate media first before banning everything else because of a goddamn minor incident?

Gotta love how most liberals always fall for propaganda created by systemic media and other institutions and then act as if they're smarter than conservatives.

[headwalk]

finally, someone with english as their first language.

[Cerveza mas fina]

Complain about John Oliver making fun of the US when you just elected a reality tv host as your president brehs

thats some venting for ya

jokes on you America

[stufte]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=226252221&postcount=41

"No, no! Don't censor violence, censor sex instead!"

Truly the new moral majority. They're exactly the same as the "think of the children!" religious idiots, but now they're screaming "think of the women!"

[VomKriege]

Fake Fantasy 6 > 7 > 4 > 2 > 12 > 15 >>>>> rest

[daemon]

Complain about John Oliver making fun of the US when you just elected a reality tv host as your president brehs

thats some venting for ya

jokes on you America

joke's on him.

[OnlyRegret]

great, left with a big mystery as big forum honcho disappears without a trace

[PigSpeakers]

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1323573

I'm predicting that this thread will quickly devolve into "pc gamers are alt-right racist neo-nazis"

[Momo]

'This PC Master race thing trivializes Nazis'


 


Next thread :
TRUMP IS LITERAL HITLER

[Take My Breh Away]

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1323573

I'm predicting that this thread will quickly devolve into "pc gamers are alt-right racist neo-nazis"

It's white supremacist language, and it's really easy to not use it, so people shouldn't use it.

Or at least accept that they're using it because they don't care about how their language makes other people feel.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=226290223&postcount=20

Feelings caught

I wonder if GAF will realize that their constant worship of the PS4, fetishization of its exclusives and their community culture being exported out to other gaming communities is the sort of thing that is pushing more and more people to the "Master Race" just so they don't have to deal with the incessant "You have to buy a PS4 or you are not a gamer" howling from GAF Ex-Pats or adopted by fanboys.

[Syph]

 

[bork]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1323369

 

[Momo]

 

[zomgee]

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1323586&page=1

Lotta people coming out of the woodwork in this thread.

JLaw scratches her butt on sacred... rocks... in Hawaii and it's a new race war on neogaf dot com.

We're up to "black people on food stamps is just as bad" level.

[Optimus]

That thread is fucking gold but this one takes the award:

Destroy EVEN MORE of my peoples priceless culture, please, white people.

Nice to see my people's values and culture meant less than literally scratching your ass.

Over JLaw scratching her butt on a fucking rock. He's being sarcastic? One of the troll accounts making fun of SJWs by pretending to be one of them? Completely stupid? No one knows, it's neogaf.

[bork]

Modbot working overtime with Bish gone. 

[FStop7]

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1323628

Why are these meanies ruining the hype trains of all my faaaaaaaaves, fam?

[etiolate]

more people today worship jlaw's butt than they do those rocks

[VomKriege]

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1323628

Why are these meanies ruining the hype trains of all my faaaaaaaaves, fam?

Totally agree OP.
I particularly like the way they bend over backwards to leak things and then act like they aren't doing it for financial gain.

 

But devs try very hard to kept a secret, can't talk to friends, family about it for years just to give us the surprise.
All that effort but got ruin by a leak. Could be quite upset.

 

Yes conferences are getting boring because of these attention whores, and yet they claim they love games and are friends with lots of developers but they do shit like this just to get more twitter views, more internet fame and be cool here on neogaf.
Why would you ruin a surprise, most be soul crushing to the devs working on these games for so long and when they are ready yo announce it 15 hour before one asshole leaks it online.

No, that's just fucking weird, like we should all be in thrall to the games PR hype machine.
Really fucking weird. Like "take a look at your life priorities" kind of weird.

This response is weird. Like "overly hostile" kind of weird. For me personally, I don't want to judge a game based on a leaked plot and early concept art. I'll judge a game on how it presents itself, from the announcement trailer, to the post-game DLC.

Games are people my friend !

Whistleblowers totally spoiling the reveal that we leave in a police state !

[VomKriege]

i don't mind it, but i guess if it's more fun if it's a bit vague like demonnite or verendus style

Haha. Yes. All aspiring leakers should aspire to the model set by permanently banned insider Verendus.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=226301333&postcount=129

BLOOD FOR THE YOUNGBLOOD

[FStop7]

I agree with some people in that J-Law thread about her reaction to it and using it to push her "Quirk" factor. She made a mistake, apologize and move on. Scoffing at the word "ancestors" irritated me. It meant a lot to those people. Even if you think its a set of stupid rocks, it means a lot to them.

I only skimmed a page of that shitshow but it looked to me like the objections were about diving straight into that played out "lol white people" stereotype that sucks the life out of discussions

[Tasty]

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1323586&page=1

Lotta people coming out of the woodwork in this thread.

JLaw scratches her butt on sacred... rocks... in Hawaii and it's a new race war on neogaf dot com.

We're up to "black people on food stamps is just as bad" level.

JLaw is pretty fucking dumb though.

https://youtu.be/kX50REHezPY?t=883

[Steve Contra]

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1323586&page=1

Lotta people coming out of the woodwork in this thread.

JLaw scratches her butt on sacred... rocks... in Hawaii and it's a new race war on neogaf dot com.

We're up to "black people on food stamps is just as bad" level.

JLaw is pretty fucking dumb though.

https://youtu.be/kX50REHezPY?t=883

Nah, if you ask someone a question and you're staring at your phone they can get pissed.

[thisismyusername]

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1323586&page=1

Lotta people coming out of the woodwork in this thread.

JLaw scratches her butt on sacred... rocks... in Hawaii and it's a new race war on neogaf dot com.

We're up to "black people on food stamps is just as bad" level.

JLaw is pretty fucking dumb though.

https://youtu.be/kX50REHezPY?t=883

God the unspeakable things I'd do to Jay.

Honestly, while her response seems kinda dumb about the offense she caused... it's one of those "lalala, life goes on" things. Yes, it sucks she ruined those rocks. But as the Buddhists say (paraphrased): Life isn't permanent. Things get ruined, even sacred sites. Sucks, but that's how it is.

[Tasty]

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1323586&page=1

Lotta people coming out of the woodwork in this thread.

JLaw scratches her butt on sacred... rocks... in Hawaii and it's a new race war on neogaf dot com.

We're up to "black people on food stamps is just as bad" level.

JLaw is pretty fucking dumb though.

https://youtu.be/kX50REHezPY?t=883

Nah, if you ask someone a question and you're staring at your phone they can get pissed.

a- He was using it to translate
b- She cut him off before he even finished his question
c- She acted like an arrogant jackass for absolutely no reason

[Tasty]

God the unspeakable things I'd do to Jay.

You and me both sis

[Atramental]

Jay is probably completely oblivious about how many gay men want pork him. 

[Tasty]

Jay is probably completely oblivious about how many gay men want pork him. 

At least 20% of the comments on any vid with him are basically that. He's gotta be somewhat aware.

[benjipwns]

He's become quite annoying for anyone who's not a establishment Democrat or typical upper/upper middle class liberal (which is why he's perfect for HBO).

Crap, I hate when I have to dislike things because I'm not in the audience.

[Phoenix Dark]

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1323586&page=1

Lotta people coming out of the woodwork in this thread.

JLaw scratches her butt on sacred... rocks... in Hawaii and it's a new race war on neogaf dot com.

We're up to "black people on food stamps is just as bad" level.

But they weren't just rocks, they had emotional and religious value to the people who lived there.  If you can't respect that...you're probably white. 

[Cerveza mas fina]

We all would have scratched our butts on those rocks

not like she took a dump on the taj mahal

[Phoenix Dark]

I don't even fault her for scratching her butt on it; she didn't know their value at the time. My problem is that she makes light of it after being told the rocks were valued by the locals, and that she essentially takes a typical white person "lol those savages" tone about it.

[Rufus]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=226313581&postcount=164

THAT's what Uncharted 4 looks like in gameplay?

 

Looks pretty. What's bad about it?

[etiolate]

*checks*

10 pages over a drunk celeb ass scratching in a place she shouldn't. Please don't attempt to make that intellectual.

[VomKriege]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=226312090&postcount=13513

Wait China hates or hated HRC?
Why?

Not enough 是女王 ?
OK, it's not fair because the question is valid in some ways but I laughed.