moviefreakedmind

I always wished I had a twin or triplet siblings.

He completely changed what the person you were responding to said. It took me a long time to figure it out too.

dahmage said:

moviefreakedmind said:

dahmage said:

moviefreakedmind said:

I didn’t say you were a problem. It’s an objective fact that kids shows exist because kids watch them.

wrong, but cool brash statement.

How is that wrong? If no one watched these shows, I don’t think the networks would be producing them.

you are making the exact kind of brash statement i fault NDG and Bill Nye for making all the time (and that makes me sigh). It is missing the nuance of the truth. This is a chicken and egg situation, and obviously, kids couldn’t have watched shows that didn’t exist, so of course that isn’t why they exist. they exist due to a combination of people wanting to entertain/educate children, and children watching them.

I was talking about a specific show and made a jab at it that I found humorous and now I’m having to defend it as both parenting advice and commentary on the business model of network television. Perhaps everyone took my statement to seriously. Is that possible?

Mrebo said:

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Mrebo said:

moviefreakedmind said:

I’m not opposed to screens. Kids are often a lot quieter when they’re staring at a monitor. I watched a lot of rented video tapes back when I was little and particularly enjoyed the violent ones.

I rest my case.

About what?

The need to limit children’s access to screens.

Why? I’m glad my screens weren’t limited. What else would I have done. Looked at the wall?

That’s awesome.

Mrebo said:

moviefreakedmind said:

I’m not opposed to screens. Kids are often a lot quieter when they’re staring at a monitor. I watched a lot of rented video tapes back when I was little and particularly enjoyed the violent ones.

I rest my case.

About what?

TV’s Frink said:

Seriously though, Joe Rogan played an electrician on NewsRadio…which is the only reason I’m familiar with him. Turns out he was an MMA fighter, then an MMA commentator, host of some dumb network challenge show many years ago, and I guess supposedly is a stand-up comedian and podcast host. Only stuff I’ve ever heard from him outside of NewsRadio makes me think he’s just a dumb jock meathead.

I’m just seeing this. He’s definitely not a dumb jock.

dahmage said:

moviefreakedmind said:

I didn’t say you were a problem. It’s an objective fact that kids shows exist because kids watch them.

wrong, but cool brash statement.

How is that wrong? If no one watched these shows, I don’t think the networks would be producing them.

I’m not opposed to screens. Kids are often a lot quieter when they’re staring at a monitor. I watched a lot of rented video tapes back when I was little and particularly enjoyed the violent ones.

A couple of my siblings (I have quite a few) are among the only people to ever display affection towards me. It saddens me when people don’t like their siblings.

I didn’t say you were a problem. It’s an objective fact that kids shows exist because kids watch them.

TV’s Frink said:

moviefreakedmind said:

There’s good podcasts to listen to with interesting guests with less Joe Rogan on them.

Cool.

I’ll look for podcast advice from somewhere else.

TV’s Frink said:

moviefreakedmind said:

There’s good lessons in shows with less pink talking animals in them.

Cool.

I’ll look for parenting advice elsewhere though.

I’m not giving parenting advice. I’ve never given you any advice. I admitted that I would be a shit parent and I’m sure any child raised by me would grow up to be a total disaster.

It’s not good because of Joe Rogan. It’s good because it’s just a platform for his guests to speak. Basically, he’ll get guests on his show and let them talk conversationally. When someone like NDT, an ex-cop turned activist, a historian, former cult members, or good comedians it can be really interesting. When it’s a shit guest, the show sucks. It isn’t like Fear Factor or anything.

TV’s Frink said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Also, I blame the existence of My Little Pony on parents that let their kids watch it. Last I checked kids can’t watch bad shows when they don’t have access to cable.

Last I checked you have no kids.

And thank Christ for that. I’m not a parent and I’m sure I’d be horrible at it, but I definitely would not tolerate bad shows if I were in the room, but that’s just because I wouldn’t want to watch it.

We let our kids watch it on occasion. It does provide some good lessons to our girls.

There’s good lessons in shows with less pink talking animals in them.

TV’s Frink said:

moviefreakedmind said:

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TV’s Frink said:

EXACTLY

It’s the most popular podcast on Earth.

My Little Pony is also super popular.

The difference is that My Little Pony is devoid of any intellectual stimulation or integrity of any kind and has absolutely no value.

Having seen MLP but not heard his podcast, I’m still comfortable assuming you’ve got that backwards, despite how low that bar is.

What does this mean? That podcast has interviews with interesting people. Some of it sucks, when the guest sucks, but when the guest is good it’s worth listening to.

Also, I blame the existence of My Little Pony on parents that let their kids watch it. Last I checked kids can’t watch bad shows when they don’t have access to cable.

TV’s Frink said:

moviefreakedmind said:

TV’s Frink said:

EXACTLY

It’s the most popular podcast on Earth.

https://podcast.okihika.com/

I got tired of scrolling so I stopped at 30. When do I get there?

That was hyperbole but it has tens of millions of listeners.

TV’s Frink said:

moviefreakedmind said:

TV’s Frink said:

EXACTLY

It’s the most popular podcast on Earth.

My Little Pony is also super popular.

The difference is that My Little Pony is devoid of any intellectual stimulation or integrity of any kind and has absolutely no value.

TV’s Frink said:

EXACTLY

It’s the most popular podcast on Earth. Or at least close with over 16 million downloads a month, and that’s not including that each show gets about a million views at least when uploaded on Youtube.

The problem, though, is that I haven’t seen any of these brash statements. At least not ones that actually matter. Tyson’s attempt at a witty tweet about sex being enjoyable didn’t take into account all species, but that’s more an indictment on Twitter and how much it sucks for dumbing everything down to 140 characters. The most offensive one to me was NDT’s tacit defense of Scientology. That wasn’t brash. It was a PC attempt to not offend anyone, not even Scientologists. I also don’t really get what Nye is so horribly wrong about because no one’s told me. His show being terrible doesn’t mean that he’s not intelligent or is wrong about everything.

I just don’t take disagreements well as my posts might indicate. I actually don’t take much of anything well, now that I think about it.

ChainsawAsh said:

moviefreakedmind said:

I agree with Bill Nye that sexuality is a spectrum, it just seems like he communicated it in an incredibly embarrassing way.

Yep. Just like the “sex junk” song from the same show.

That sounds embarrassing.

ChainsawAsh said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Cherish your family, you’ve only got one.

Not all family is worth cherishing.

Yeah I know. It just hit close to home for some reason at that particular moment and I said something dumb. The familial bond, particularly between siblings has always been important to me for some reason.

Handman said:

It’s best not to care about siblings. All it does is upset you when all they do is fail to live up to expectations.

This is really hideous advice. My siblings are some of the only people I like. In fact, one of my siblings took care of me and for a short time practically raised me when I was a little boy even though she was still just a kid herself. I know not all siblings are great, and some are horrible, but I find it kind of disturbing to only value people based on their ability to meet expectations. I don’t think anybody is, or should be, obligated to meet anybody’s expectations. I know I shouldn’t be talking since I’m mean and misanthropic, but that phrasing and the idea of disregarding family because they might fail your expectations is just extreme. I know that I’m a horrible pile of garbage and say horrible things about the human race on an hourly basis, so I’m not trying to be judgmental or a hypocrite, but I’d urge you to not think that way anymore because it doesn’t sound very happy.

Mrebo said:

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You’ve got low fucking standards for trolls

QFT.

Well, I reserve the word “troll” for incredibly stupid or incredibly mean-spirited people that senselessly and pointlessly try to worsen people’s experience on the internet.