Colonoscopy: It’s Not that [Chat]

moniker

Inquisitor wrote: »

Wearing a uniform for work is generally a rather humiliating thing.

That depends on the uniform. Chauffeur's do get to wear awesome hats.

Donkey Kong

Deebaser wrote: »

Donkey Kong wrote: »

The only fair part of FTL is the tutorial.

How is it not fair? Everyone dies alone in the void.

Come on, that's not true. Sometimes they die together.

y2jake215

Oh. Right. Daenerys.

STATE OF THE ART ROBOT

Tediore weapons in Borderlands 2 are a lot of fun.

Sir Landshark

Honestly it's probably for the best that jeep doesn't see the second episode.

Regina Fong

y2jake215 wrote: »

Oh. Right. Daenerys.

Is that the name of the princess/barbarian rape tribute?

Because that was possibly the 10 minutes of skeeziest television I have ever watched, and I've seen 3 seasons of Survivor.

moniker

y2jake215 wrote: »

Regina Fong wrote: »

Inquisitor wrote: »

Regina Fong wrote: »

Wow, so uh, watched the first episode of season one of Game of Thrones and.

Yeah that's a thing.

A rapey, incesty, child-murderey thing.

I don't care how many emmys it's won, if it doesn't start getting less intentionally, beat-you-over-the-head vile, I will probably not subject myself to any more of it.

I can just tell you now that you should stop watching the show right now then.

Thanks. I had heard complaints that Martin used rape as a plot device overmuch, but heard nothing but praise for the show. It's beyond dark and there was really nothing in the episode that was compelling, other than I guess as horror.

Maybe I'm just drawing a complete blank but I can only remember one instance of rape/the possibility of rape occurring so far in two seasons, so don't get put off it just by that. I think it gets better, as it uses the childmurdery bit to set off all the throne-pursuing intrigue

I wouldn't stop after just the first episode, but if you found literally nothing about the story compelling it might not be a good fit for you

...

Pretty much every scene involving Danaerys until she achieves woman on top (+2 Khaleesi/+2 Dragon Wielding).

Cinders

Inquisitor

Let's do be careful with spoilers, by the by. We aren't there yet but I feel we are rapidly approaching... the spoiler zone.

Donkey Kong

Am important thing about Game of Thrones is that it doesn't go so dark just for the hell of it. It goes dark so the retribution will be so much sweeter.

hahahahahahaha shhh no one ruin it

Regina Fong

Yay puppies!

In other dog related news, someone posted a whole youtube series about their dog who helps foster orphan kittens while they find homes for them.

It is the greatest thing.

y2jake215

moniker wrote: »

y2jake215 wrote: »

Regina Fong wrote: »

Inquisitor wrote: »

Regina Fong wrote: »

Wow, so uh, watched the first episode of season one of Game of Thrones and.

Yeah that's a thing.

A rapey, incesty, child-murderey thing.

I don't care how many emmys it's won, if it doesn't start getting less intentionally, beat-you-over-the-head vile, I will probably not subject myself to any more of it.

I can just tell you now that you should stop watching the show right now then.

Thanks. I had heard complaints that Martin used rape as a plot device overmuch, but heard nothing but praise for the show. It's beyond dark and there was really nothing in the episode that was compelling, other than I guess as horror.

Maybe I'm just drawing a complete blank but I can only remember one instance of rape/the possibility of rape occurring so far in two seasons, so don't get put off it just by that. I think it gets better, as it uses the childmurdery bit to set off all the throne-pursuing intrigue

I wouldn't stop after just the first episode, but if you found literally nothing about the story compelling it might not be a good fit for you

...

Pretty much every scene involving Danaerys until she achieves woman on top (+2 Khaleesi/+2 Dragon Wielding).

Yeah, I completely spaced on that. At least the TV show is just rapey instead of being child-rapey

Deebaser

Cambiata wrote: »

So there's this infamous report that used to have to be done by our department. It doesn't benefit our department in anyway, it's not fixing orders that are broken, and it's a job that could be done by a script. We call it the Stupid Report. A couple of years back, the guy running it got to stop running it on a account of it being stupid.

Last week I was asked to start running the Stupid Report again. Sigh.

automate it.
tell no one.

Deebaser

moniker wrote: »

Inquisitor wrote: »

Wearing a uniform for work is generally a rather humiliating thing.

That depends on the uniform. Chauffeur's do get to wear awesome hats.

wearing a uniform for work is only humiliating if you find your job humiliating.

y2jake215

Donkey Kong wrote: »

Am important thing about Game of Thrones is that it doesn't go so dark just for the hell of it. It goes dark so the retribution will be so much sweeter.

hahahahahahaha shhh no one ruin it

If it's the scene I think you're thinking of, you're right, that scene is fucking golden

bloodyroarxx

STATE OF THE ART ROBOT wrote: »

Tediore weapons in Borderlands 2 are a lot of fun.

What is their cool property?

Regina Fong

I don't necessarily mind dark and depressing. But I don't think I like to feel dirty from a television show. There were definitely some parts of Spartacus that made me feel like that, but it wasn't the focus of the program. This felt like it was the focus.

Cambiata

Ok but there is one thing I've heard about Game of Thrones without having watched it, that makes me wary of it.

I mean besides having heard that there is pedophilia portrayed positively in the books.

There's some character in the series who falls in love with her rapist, so I hear?

That doesn't seem to be as much about retribution as it is reward.

Inquisitor

Deebaser wrote: »

moniker wrote: »

Inquisitor wrote: »

Wearing a uniform for work is generally a rather humiliating thing.

That depends on the uniform. Chauffeur's do get to wear awesome hats.

wearing a uniform for work is only humiliating if you find your job humiliating.

Non-humiliating work doesn't require uniforms.

But actually I don't think that is true at all. I did not find my job at starbucks humiliating at all, the uniform on the other hand I did.

AManFromEarth

You know who sucks?

Cab drivers in Boston.

Every single one of them.

Fuckawful.

Will not miss that.

Cambiata

Deebaser wrote: »

Cambiata wrote: »

So there's this infamous report that used to have to be done by our department. It doesn't benefit our department in anyway, it's not fixing orders that are broken, and it's a job that could be done by a script. We call it the Stupid Report. A couple of years back, the guy running it got to stop running it on a account of it being stupid.

Last week I was asked to start running the Stupid Report again. Sigh.

automate it.
tell no one.

I don't know any scripting, unfortunately.

Really the change needs to be made by the developers of our software, on the software that's automatically stripping a necessary piece of information (as a "benefit"; they scripted it that way on purpose), which I am forced to manually re-enter on every order that has it stripped.

Podly

Went out just to get like some meh IPA but it was such a lovely crisp fall night I got ommegang abbey instead.

Donkey Kong

y2jake215 wrote: »

Donkey Kong wrote: »

Am important thing about Game of Thrones is that it doesn't go so dark just for the hell of it. It goes dark so the retribution will be so much sweeter.

hahahahahahaha shhh no one ruin it

If it's the scene I think you're thinking of, you're right, that scene is fucking golden

Yes, golden.

the joke that I'm making is actually the opposite though. aside from a few instances (crown for king), the show really isn't about retribution at all. The whole series systematically denies the viewer retribution over and over, stringing us along with increasingly meager scraps. It's cruel and I love it.

Sir Landshark

Regina Fong wrote: »

I don't necessarily mind dark and depressing. But I don't think I like to feel dirty from a television show. There were definitely some parts of Spartacus that made me feel like that, but it wasn't the focus of the program. This felt like it was the focus.

I haven't felt like the dirty/skeevy stuff was the focus, although it always feels like the sexual scenes last a few seconds too long before cutting away.

poshniallo

Cambiata wrote: »

Ok but there is one thing I've heard about Game of Thrones without having watched it, that makes me wary of it.

I mean besides having heard that there is pedophilia portrayed positively in the books.

There's some character in the series who falls in love with her rapist, so I hear?

That doesn't seem to be as much about retribution as it is reward.

None of that is true. The books have people being as young as they would have been in medieval times. So 13-year-olds can get married. That's it.

There is a princess who has an arranged marriage, is unhappy about the sex, but eventually they fall in love with each other. There are also people who have had arranged marriages who hate the other person and end up trying to kill them. Again, trying to look at historical arranged marriages realistically.

The prudish criticism I hear about AGOT really reflects badly on the people writing it, rather than GRRM.

y2jake215

Cambiata wrote: »

Ok but there is one thing I've heard about Game of Thrones without having watched it, that makes me wary of it.

I mean besides having heard that there is pedophilia portrayed positively in the books.

There's some character in the series who falls in love with her rapist, so I hear?

That doesn't seem to be as much about retribution as it is reward.

It doesn't like, glamorize rape, or anything. I mean it was a very uncomfortable scene. I can explain in a little more detail how their whole marriage goes, if you want, but it'd spoil it for you, if you ever think you'll end up watching it.

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Regina Fong

I think it takes a special level of fucked in the head to call complaints about rape, child murder, and incest "prudish".

While I appreciate that it's just not my thing, I certainly did not criticize anyone else for enjoying it.

Winky

The thing to understand about FTL is that at its heart it is pretty much a rogue-like.

You are supposed to lose.

Cambiata

poshniallo wrote: »

Cambiata wrote: »

Ok but there is one thing I've heard about Game of Thrones without having watched it, that makes me wary of it.

I mean besides having heard that there is pedophilia portrayed positively in the books.

There's some character in the series who falls in love with her rapist, so I hear?

That doesn't seem to be as much about retribution as it is reward.

None of that is true. The books have people being as young as they would have been in medieval times. So 13-year-olds can get married. That's it.

There is a princess who has an arranged marriage, is unhappy about the sex, but eventually they fall in love with each other. There are also people who have had arranged marriages who hate the other person and end up trying to kill them. Again, trying to look at historical arranged marriages realistically.

The prudish criticism I hear about AGOT really reflects badly on the people writing it, rather than GRRM.

Ok so you're saying it's

"I don't really want to have sex with this person, but it's my duty as a wife" and not "Get off of me!" *struggle*?

Because I can be accepting of the first scenario, but not of the second, not if she falls for him later.

Deebaser

Inquisitor wrote: »

Deebaser wrote: »

moniker wrote: »

Inquisitor wrote: »

Wearing a uniform for work is generally a rather humiliating thing.

That depends on the uniform. Chauffeur's do get to wear awesome hats.

wearing a uniform for work is only humiliating if you find your job humiliating.

Non-humiliating work doesn't require uniforms.

But actually I don't think that is true at all. I did not find my job at starbucks humiliating at all, the uniform on the other hand I did.

Cops, firefighters, soldiers, linemen, and doctors all have to wear uniforms.

y2jake215

Donkey Kong wrote: »

y2jake215 wrote: »

Donkey Kong wrote: »

Am important thing about Game of Thrones is that it doesn't go so dark just for the hell of it. It goes dark so the retribution will be so much sweeter.

hahahahahahaha shhh no one ruin it

If it's the scene I think you're thinking of, you're right, that scene is fucking golden

Yes, golden.

the joke that I'm making is actually the opposite though. aside from a few instances (crown for king), the show really isn't about retribution at all. The whole series systematically denies the viewer retribution over and over, stringing us along with increasingly meager scraps. It's cruel and I love it.

You sure are right about that -

fucking Joffrey! Augh!

Now, it's pretty much as close to objective as it gets that season 1 belonged to Dinklage. But am I the only person who thinks that the season 2 MVP is Alfie Allen?

Podly

awwwwwwww yeah

so I'm DJing a party next monday that's SUPER hipster and electro-housey (basically what the cool parties in NYC were in like 2006, but the scene hasn't really changed since then; some of my friends are the biggest NYC DJs around and they basically haven't changed their sets in almost a decade) and they want me to play my techno stuff, but I know I need some housier / pop shit to get them clued in

TOTALLY just found the track to do that

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7ZJ99VqDek

Regina Fong

Cambiata wrote: »

poshniallo wrote: »

Cambiata wrote: »

Ok but there is one thing I've heard about Game of Thrones without having watched it, that makes me wary of it.

I mean besides having heard that there is pedophilia portrayed positively in the books.

There's some character in the series who falls in love with her rapist, so I hear?

That doesn't seem to be as much about retribution as it is reward.

None of that is true. The books have people being as young as they would have been in medieval times. So 13-year-olds can get married. That's it.

There is a princess who has an arranged marriage, is unhappy about the sex, but eventually they fall in love with each other. There are also people who have had arranged marriages who hate the other person and end up trying to kill them. Again, trying to look at historical arranged marriages realistically.

The prudish criticism I hear about AGOT really reflects badly on the people writing it, rather than GRRM.

Ok so you're saying it's

"I don't really want to have sex with this person, but it's my duty as a wife" and not "Get off of me!" *struggle*?

Because I can be accepting of the first scenario, but not of the second, not if she falls for him later.

It's not violent but she's crying during it and it's skeezy.

Obviously people have varying levels of what they can tolerate and I can't speak for anyone else. The scene disturbed me and was not enjoyable television.

Inquisitor

Deebaser wrote: »

Inquisitor wrote: »

Deebaser wrote: »

moniker wrote: »

Inquisitor wrote: »

Wearing a uniform for work is generally a rather humiliating thing.

That depends on the uniform. Chauffeur's do get to wear awesome hats.

wearing a uniform for work is only humiliating if you find your job humiliating.

Non-humiliating work doesn't require uniforms.

But actually I don't think that is true at all. I did not find my job at starbucks humiliating at all, the uniform on the other hand I did.

Cops, firefighters, soldiers, linemen, and doctors all have to wear uniforms.

And I would hate having to wear a uniform as any of those professions!

Regina Fong

Deebaser wrote: »

Inquisitor wrote: »

Deebaser wrote: »

moniker wrote: »

Inquisitor wrote: »

Wearing a uniform for work is generally a rather humiliating thing.

That depends on the uniform. Chauffeur's do get to wear awesome hats.

wearing a uniform for work is only humiliating if you find your job humiliating.

Non-humiliating work doesn't require uniforms.

But actually I don't think that is true at all. I did not find my job at starbucks humiliating at all, the uniform on the other hand I did.

Cops, firefighters, soldiers, linemen, and doctors all have to wear uniforms.

But those are sexy uniforms.

Cambiata

Regina Fong wrote: »

Cambiata wrote: »

poshniallo wrote: »

Cambiata wrote: »

Ok but there is one thing I've heard about Game of Thrones without having watched it, that makes me wary of it.

I mean besides having heard that there is pedophilia portrayed positively in the books.

There's some character in the series who falls in love with her rapist, so I hear?

That doesn't seem to be as much about retribution as it is reward.

None of that is true. The books have people being as young as they would have been in medieval times. So 13-year-olds can get married. That's it.

There is a princess who has an arranged marriage, is unhappy about the sex, but eventually they fall in love with each other. There are also people who have had arranged marriages who hate the other person and end up trying to kill them. Again, trying to look at historical arranged marriages realistically.

The prudish criticism I hear about AGOT really reflects badly on the people writing it, rather than GRRM.

Ok so you're saying it's

"I don't really want to have sex with this person, but it's my duty as a wife" and not "Get off of me!" *struggle*?

Because I can be accepting of the first scenario, but not of the second, not if she falls for him later.

It's not violent but she's crying during it and it's skeezy.

Obviously people have varying levels of what they can tolerate and I can't speak for anyone else. The scene disturbed me and was not enjoyable television.

Ok yeah, I... I don't think I want to get in to that show. Sorry, fans of it.

y2jake215

Cambiata wrote: »

Regina Fong wrote: »

Cambiata wrote: »

poshniallo wrote: »

Cambiata wrote: »

Ok but there is one thing I've heard about Game of Thrones without having watched it, that makes me wary of it.

I mean besides having heard that there is pedophilia portrayed positively in the books.

There's some character in the series who falls in love with her rapist, so I hear?

That doesn't seem to be as much about retribution as it is reward.

None of that is true. The books have people being as young as they would have been in medieval times. So 13-year-olds can get married. That's it.

There is a princess who has an arranged marriage, is unhappy about the sex, but eventually they fall in love with each other. There are also people who have had arranged marriages who hate the other person and end up trying to kill them. Again, trying to look at historical arranged marriages realistically.

The prudish criticism I hear about AGOT really reflects badly on the people writing it, rather than GRRM.

Ok so you're saying it's

"I don't really want to have sex with this person, but it's my duty as a wife" and not "Get off of me!" *struggle*?

Because I can be accepting of the first scenario, but not of the second, not if she falls for him later.

It's not violent but she's crying during it and it's skeezy.

Obviously people have varying levels of what they can tolerate and I can't speak for anyone else. The scene disturbed me and was not enjoyable television.

Ok yeah, I... I don't think I want to get in to that show. Sorry, fans of it.

It's kind of an important way the show conveys the development her character undergoes, but yeah. That kind of thing can be a dealbreaker for some people, and I don't begrudge anyone that

Sir Landshark

I don't know why they changed that scene to be worse than the books tbh

Mortious

So bought FTL and downloaded it. The Flounder is on it's way.

Haven't bother naming the crew.