Elon Musk

Tim Simmons

Seinfeld is still great. but it was a different time where people made those types of jokes and those jokes have aged poorly. The rest of the show is still great.

HughFreakingDillon

Sorry for this going off the rails, one last comment on this: making fun of our collective cultural differences (especially something as benign as language/pronunciation) is not “punching down”. Using racist tropes is. 

There was really only one situation on Seinfeld that made me uncomfortable- it was the group bullying of the fat guy in the finale. THAT was punching down. 

For the most part, I think Seinfeld’s writing team did a brilliant job of showcasing both the absurdity of contextual sensitivity (the asian mailman freaking out when jerry asked him directions to a good asian restaurant), while realizing real outdated cultural inappropriateness (Elaine, the group’s often moral compass, admonishing Jerry for imitating an “Indian” in front of a native american). Both from the same episode. I thought it was well done. 

Funny someone mentioned the Puerto Rican episode. That was taken out of syndication for a long time due to some getting offended apparently, or fears that it might offend. I had forgotten all about it; it was just a bad episode. 

Go Beavers

The writers did know how to mix being uncomfortable with humor. 

Tim Simmons

HughFreakingDillon said:

Sorry for this going off the rails, one last comment on this: making fun of our collective cultural differences (especially something as benign as language/pronunciation) is not “punching down”. Using racist tropes is. 

I get that linguistically, Japanese have trouble with the L sound. But its not universal and they can learn it. Highlighting it, mocking it or parodying it IS racist, especially as a white person. And in fact its been so parodied, it is indeed a trope now. 

But like I said to begin with, no harm will ever come erring on the side of not doing it, laughing at it or promoting it. Theres so many other things to get laughs from.

benjs

Tim Simmons said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

Sorry for this going off the rails, one last comment on this: making fun of our collective cultural differences (especially something as benign as language/pronunciation) is not “punching down”. Using racist tropes is. 

I get that linguistically, Japanese have trouble with the L sound. But its not universal and they can learn it. Highlighting it, mocking it or parodying it IS racist, especially as a white person. And in fact its been so parodied, it is indeed a trope now. 

But like I said to begin with, no harm will ever come erring on the side of not doing it, laughing at it or promoting it. Theres so many other things to get laughs from.

As someone who has always poked fun at pronunciation (I do terribly stereotypical old Jewish men, Indian people, Caribbean folks, even Canadian accents, etc.), I've stopped this, just to be mindful of the sense of 'otherness' that this must perpetuate for immigrants - which could literally be any human you speak to, or speak in front of. It's hard enough trying to make a new place a home, and I don't want to be another barrier to someone feeling welcome. Just my two cents.

mrussel1

benjs said:

Tim Simmons said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

Sorry for this going off the rails, one last comment on this: making fun of our collective cultural differences (especially something as benign as language/pronunciation) is not “punching down”. Using racist tropes is. 

I get that linguistically, Japanese have trouble with the L sound. But its not universal and they can learn it. Highlighting it, mocking it or parodying it IS racist, especially as a white person. And in fact its been so parodied, it is indeed a trope now. 

But like I said to begin with, no harm will ever come erring on the side of not doing it, laughing at it or promoting it. Theres so many other things to get laughs from.

As someone who has always poked fun at pronunciation (I do terribly stereotypical old Jewish men, Indian people, Caribbean folks, even Canadian accents, etc.), I've stopped this, just to be mindful of the sense of 'otherness' that this must perpetuate for immigrants - which could literally be any human you speak to, or speak in front of. It's hard enough trying to make a new place a home, and I don't want to be another barrier to someone feeling welcome. Just my two cents.

So no more of this?

OnWis97

benjs said:

Tim Simmons said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

Sorry for this going off the rails, one last comment on this: making fun of our collective cultural differences (especially something as benign as language/pronunciation) is not “punching down”. Using racist tropes is. 

I get that linguistically, Japanese have trouble with the L sound. But its not universal and they can learn it. Highlighting it, mocking it or parodying it IS racist, especially as a white person. And in fact its been so parodied, it is indeed a trope now. 

But like I said to begin with, no harm will ever come erring on the side of not doing it, laughing at it or promoting it. Theres so many other things to get laughs from.

As someone who has always poked fun at pronunciation (I do terribly stereotypical old Jewish men, Indian people, Caribbean folks, even Canadian accents, etc.), I've stopped this, just to be mindful of the sense of 'otherness' that this must perpetuate for immigrants - which could literally be any human you speak to, or speak in front of. It's hard enough trying to make a new place a home, and I don't want to be another barrier to someone feeling welcome. Just my two cents.

Were you one of the Jerky Boys?

mickeyrat

mickeyrat

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mickeyrat

mickeyrat

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josevolution

mickeyrat said:

https://www.threads.net/@bnonews/post/DE54RGEuMSa?xmt=AQGznACR8Rd450dzBvgXYuX0tq-sziEnssFGmNvjNPih9g

Yeah to bad musk and the messiah weren’t in it may it wouldn’t have exploded if he was piloting it😀

Tim Simmons

this stuff with the gamers is hilarious. What a pathetic dude. 

cutz

Has anyone ever had a Twitter account (I reuse to call it X=LOL) in your name without creating an account? (That happened to me. Unless I did something wrong and added it?) I have an account but not in my name. I only use Tweeter for sports and music updates.

Does anyone know how to Delete Twitter?  I can't seem to locate on Twitter how.

mickeyrat

cutz said:

Has anyone ever had a Twitter account (I reuse to call it X=LOL) in your name without creating an account? (That happened to me. Unless I did something wrong and added it?) I have an account but not in my name. I only use Tweeter for sports and music updates.

Does anyone know how to Delete Twitter?  I can't seem to locate on Twitter how.

theres a deactivate option in settings under account as I recall. 30 days of no other activity its permanent.

mine is gone I believe. deleted the app so cant check.

HughFreakingDillon

cutz said:

Has anyone ever had a Twitter account (I reuse to call it X=LOL) in your name without creating an account? (That happened to me. Unless I did something wrong and added it?) I have an account but not in my name. I only use Tweeter for sports and music updates.

Does anyone know how to Delete Twitter?  I can't seem to locate on Twitter how.

I opened a new account last week for one specific purpose, after deleting that dumpster fire months ago. I couldn't do it. I had to delete it again-it's just maga now. that's all it is. idiots spewing bullshit.

Just click on your avatar/picture, go to edit profile, choose account info I think it is, then deactivate account. 

cutz

mickeyrat said:

cutz said:

Has anyone ever had a Twitter account (I reuse to call it X=LOL) in your name without creating an account? (That happened to me. Unless I did something wrong and added it?) I have an account but not in my name. I only use Tweeter for sports and music updates.

Does anyone know how to Delete Twitter?  I can't seem to locate on Twitter how.

theres a deactivate option in settings under account as I recall. 30 days of no other activity its permanent.

mine is gone I believe. deleted the app so cant check.

Thanks, but it's asking for a password that I have NO clue what it is since I didn't create this account. I'll see what I can come up with later. I don't want to accidently delete my other account.

Thanks, to both of you, for the info. 

mickeyrat

cutz said:

mickeyrat said:

cutz said:

Has anyone ever had a Twitter account (I reuse to call it X=LOL) in your name without creating an account? (That happened to me. Unless I did something wrong and added it?) I have an account but not in my name. I only use Tweeter for sports and music updates.

Does anyone know how to Delete Twitter?  I can't seem to locate on Twitter how.

theres a deactivate option in settings under account as I recall. 30 days of no other activity its permanent.

mine is gone I believe. deleted the app so cant check.

Thanks, but it's asking for a password that I have NO clue what it is since I didn't create this account. I'll see what I can come up with later. I don't want to accidently delete my other account.

Thanks, to both of you, for the info. 

then there should be a forgot password feature. this should tell you if its one you created or not...

as I recall theres a switch account feature too....

shecky

Hawk123

shecky said:

It makes sense, if they each have security and data privacy concerns with the other countries platform, block access. There’s no shortage of social platforms out there.