Urban v's the Commentariat
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The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Best of luck mate
fixed inb4bunfight
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
this is urban. it ain't happening.Following on from the now locked Callinicos/Penny thread and the moved Commentating on the Commentariat thread
I still think we can do this! A bunfight free thread for commentating on the latest offerings from our favourite columnists.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Tune
That "v's" in the title is wrong
That's just a ruse to reel pedants in.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
pedantry alive and well i seeThat "v's" in the title is wrong
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
One too many pedants.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Better pedants than pederasts, I suppose.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
no, i spotted it, i just didn't say anything about it.You're just jealous that Jim spotted it before you did.
discokermit
Well-Known Member
as fucking if.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
the recent outbreak of pedantry here means there are more pedants going after fewer errors. why should i bother when i know there'll be some eager beaver pedant along in a minute up for pointing out even the most subtle mistake?
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
ItWillNeverWork
Messy Crimbobs, fellow humans.
Can we define 'Commentariat' for newcomers?
Its a code words used in threads which are best off avoided by newcomers. Trust me on this one.
Oh, you can fuck off, again. Fuckface. Posting racist images isn't cool.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Sorry to be unfashionably on topic, but can anyone present a brief précis of the twitterstorms involving Graham Linehan, Caitlin Moran and something called a twittersilence?
I haven't been able to keep up and I'm not sure what they are arguing about, except Linehan seems to be defending Moran cos she is gettin abuse for saying something daft. Not sure what though, or what a twitter silence is but it's something to do with all those bomb threats that some women teeters have been getting for daring to be feminists. Or maybe it isn't and I'm conflating two separate issues. It's hard to follow twitterstorms debates retrospectively
I haven't been able to keep up and I'm not sure what they are arguing about, except Linehan seems to be defending Moran cos she is gettin abuse for saying something daft. Not sure what though, or what a twitter silence is but it's something to do with all those bomb threats that some women teeters have been getting for daring to be feminists. Or maybe it isn't and I'm conflating two separate issues. It's hard to follow twitterstorms debates retrospectively
emanymton
A cat politely sat on the flaming gardener.
I can only being a vague glimmer of light to the issue I am afraid.
The Twitersilence was in response to all the various threats being thrown at women for having the temerity to speak up. Some people decided a really good way to protest against this would be to shut up and boycott Twiter for 24 hours. One of those people was Moran
Buckaroo
Donkey piss and tractors
A few years ago Moran made jokes about 'retards' and AIDS and a few days ago she had a go at someone who had a go at her husband for liking some daft punk thing and threatened them, something to do with their genitals, pissing through a straw or something and Linehan joined in or something and Billy Bragg is getting a lot of flack as well. Someone else said something, everyone got upset and said they'd stop saying things on one day to show how angry they were but they didn't. Or something.
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