1. Got 5 hours and 20 minutes to waste and want to hear a British man rank every single Wrestlemania match? Luckily for you, that's right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq9TH67lwVQ
Dang WWE did some real shit stuff with its women's division.
1. Got 5 hours and 20 minutes to waste and want to hear a British man rank every single Wrestlemania match? Luckily for you, that's right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq9TH67lwVQ
Dang WWE did some real shit stuff with its women's division.
It's really telling that in order to promote this week's WrestleMania WWE uploaded the full version of the show stealing paradigm shifting classic between Bayley and Sasha Banks...
I've got to imagine even if you've never seen a pro wrestling match before the first three minutes of this video alone would give you context for who these women are and where they're at in their careers. It's the twenty minutes after that are full of expert examples of character acting and in-ring storytelling as Sasha and Bayley work a breakneck pace to pack as much drama and spectacle into a match as possible. The pillow fights and playboy tie-ins were supposed to appeal to some sort of male demographic but they certainly never got multiple loud chants of "this is awesome" and "this is wrestling."
Things are never as black and white as historical revisionism makes it seem. There were good women's matches in the 20 years preceding this and it's not like things were flawless afterward. Still it's pretty telling that the rematch main evented a show called Takeover: Respect.
This is a fairly old song but I just randomly found it on YouTube and if you're familiar with how much I joke about my avatar you know why this got my attention.
the story of the women's division is the success of the hard work of the performers in it, almost entirely in spite of what wwe is trying to have them do and how wwe is promoting them
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David_TA fashion yes-man is no good to me.Copenhagen, DenmarkRegistered Userregular
That's practically the story of the WWE as a whole.
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ShadowfireVermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered Userregular
With no Japanese spoken it's really universal. My favorite bit is that the people are very static and non-poseable HO figurines, and then when zoomed in, they are "stop-motion" real people.
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#pipeCocky Stride, Musky odoursPope of Chili TownRegistered Userregular
Yeah the felt armature puppets alongside the human figures is a wonderful aesthetic
Indie Winterdie KräheRudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered Userregular
I'm sorry I know it's a reference and/or meme and maybe the guy is alright but a white dude in cat ears rapping about the chicks that he would like to fuck still skeeves me right the hell out
Hmm I don't know if he said he'd fuck them, appreciating different body types isn't inherently sexual, and well, lots of artists are inspired by the feminine form. I'd wager the main inspiration for most humans in general is to draw the things they like. Flip the script, if it was a woman describing the body types of men they find attractive, and then drawing them in great detail, would you still feel icked?
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Indie Winterdie KräheRudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered Userregular
the song he's parodying is specifically about sexual attraction so I think this hypothetical is kinda moot
Wait so does the lizzo song gross you out or nah? Idk the response on twitter, like the place quickest to bust out the pitchforks, was pretty positive. (also looking into it I'm not certain he's a white dude at all)
Wait so does the lizzo song gross you out or nah? Idk the response on twitter, like the place quickest to bust out the pitchforks, was pretty positive. (also looking into it I'm not certain he's a white dude at all)
do we really need to talk about power disparity in gender dynamics and their intersection within the context of cultural signifiers
to get off my high horse for a second and give a more relatable metaphor, I could see a person trying to wear an ahegao sweatshirt in an empowering/reclaiming/statement making way and pulling it off, but it really depends on who that person is and where they are wearing it
a catboy streamer doing what that guy's doing does not feel to me like something cute
but maybe I'm just an old prude that's looking way too critically at this stuff so feel free to ignore me
Wait so does the lizzo song gross you out or nah? Idk the response on twitter, like the place quickest to bust out the pitchforks, was pretty positive. (also looking into it I'm not certain he's a white dude at all)
a black woman doing something like that isn't the same as a man (white or otherwise) doing something like that, for a lot of reasons
which isn't to say I think this particular clip is problematic, but you definitely can't compare the two one-to-one. "if you didn't have a problem with Lizzo's song then you shouldn't/can't have a problem with this" doesn't really work when you take into consideration broader social and cultural issues (like indie mentioned)
I'm sorry I know it's a reference and/or meme and maybe the guy is alright but a white dude in cat ears rapping about the chicks that he would like to fuck still skeeves me right the hell out
This feels like you're wanting to say "cringe", knowing that would not fly, and trying to wrap it in some kind of progressive syntax when it's really just like... bullying? It would possibly be different if he were being gross to someone who did not appreciate a sexual advance but it's SO general in this case, he's essentially saying "I think various kinds of body types and other characteristics are appealing".
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Indie Winterdie KräheRudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered Userregular
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I've seen too many wholesome soft bois run the same damn schtick on the internet these past few years to not get automatically icked, dont know what to tell you
I've seen too many wholesome soft bois run the same damn schtick on the internet these past few years to not get automatically icked, dont know what to tell you
It is a razorthin line between saying I like girls and it being creepy
That line is sub-atomic
Without having watched it yet it definitely gives off some weird energy just from the thumbnail so I'm inclined to actually side with indie?
I think acceptance of other body types is fantastic and important but context and who is coming from and why are important. You don't want a ernest cline poetry situation.
That said that could be me being highly uncharitable to jocat here. Again haven't watched the video. Mostly because of the premise seeming odd to me only knowing his work from the crap guides.
I've seen too many wholesome soft bois run the same damn schtick on the internet these past few years to not get automatically icked, dont know what to tell you
It is a razorthin line between saying I like girls and it being creepy
That line is sub-atomic
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The voice was so familiar but he looks nothing like what I'm used to.
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It's really telling that in order to promote this week's WrestleMania WWE uploaded the full version of the show stealing paradigm shifting classic between Bayley and Sasha Banks...
...from NXT TakeOver Brooklyn in 2015.
I've got to imagine even if you've never seen a pro wrestling match before the first three minutes of this video alone would give you context for who these women are and where they're at in their careers. It's the twenty minutes after that are full of expert examples of character acting and in-ring storytelling as Sasha and Bayley work a breakneck pace to pack as much drama and spectacle into a match as possible. The pillow fights and playboy tie-ins were supposed to appeal to some sort of male demographic but they certainly never got multiple loud chants of "this is awesome" and "this is wrestling."
Things are never as black and white as historical revisionism makes it seem. There were good women's matches in the 20 years preceding this and it's not like things were flawless afterward. Still it's pretty telling that the rematch main evented a show called Takeover: Respect.
My son adores it
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
Demoscene is still cool.
The man did his research.
do we really need to talk about power disparity in gender dynamics and their intersection within the context of cultural signifiers
to get off my high horse for a second and give a more relatable metaphor, I could see a person trying to wear an ahegao sweatshirt in an empowering/reclaiming/statement making way and pulling it off, but it really depends on who that person is and where they are wearing it
a catboy streamer doing what that guy's doing does not feel to me like something cute
but maybe I'm just an old prude that's looking way too critically at this stuff so feel free to ignore me
a black woman doing something like that isn't the same as a man (white or otherwise) doing something like that, for a lot of reasons
which isn't to say I think this particular clip is problematic, but you definitely can't compare the two one-to-one. "if you didn't have a problem with Lizzo's song then you shouldn't/can't have a problem with this" doesn't really work when you take into consideration broader social and cultural issues (like indie mentioned)
This feels like you're wanting to say "cringe", knowing that would not fly, and trying to wrap it in some kind of progressive syntax when it's really just like... bullying? It would possibly be different if he were being gross to someone who did not appreciate a sexual advance but it's SO general in this case, he's essentially saying "I think various kinds of body types and other characteristics are appealing".
It is a razorthin line between saying I like girls and it being creepy
That line is sub-atomic
That said that could be me being highly uncharitable to jocat here. Again haven't watched the video. Mostly because of the premise seeming odd to me only knowing his work from the crap guides.
Indeed. The difference between charm and strange.
Oh it's a physics joke
Damn my dropped out of high school ass totally missed that one