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[Snagglebee]

LET'S NOT FORGET MRBADGUY!

let's not forget mrbadguy
he's just as much missed as the rest.

[OCG]

Welcome back Pirez. So good to have you back!

[Hunchman801]

Welcome back Pirez. So good to have you back!

Indeed! Welcome back.

[Bradandez]

Okay, apparently not touching your computer for 10 days fixes the Rayman Legends demo.

[Pirez]

Seems logical to me : not running three days after performing a marathon fixes my legs.

[OCG]

I know I am kinda late since 28th June is over in Europe but it is still not over worldwide so I guess I can still say Happy St. Vitus Day
This is a very important holiday for all Orthodox people and since I am Orthodox I just wanted to share happiness with rest of the people I know by singing the song about this holiday:



I really tried my best to sing it, I hope it is not bad. Added lyrics in video and English translation too.

[Hunchman801]

Nice one OCG, at least you're a much better singer than me! Happy St. Vitus Day.

[OCG]

Thank you very much Hunch

[#Rubber mark#]

I want to sing this song now.

[Fifo]

I just saw a rather disturbing news article: LiveLeak – Dog left in car dies

Stupid assholes! I’d let them suffer the same way!!!

[Keane]

I thought this was some bittersweetly amusing garbage for people who still absorb Buzzfeed's twisted agenda:

This is why the Tumblr representation movement is just as pointless as it was when people did it back in the 90's, because you're not creating some big scary movement that's about to overturn the prejudices and wrongdoings of companies and politics, you're just feeding them a clear message: Diversity is what you want? That's what you'll get.

Buzzfeed, or anything else like Lush releasing its sad "GayIsOK" ads, is all just the result not of people feeling pressured to care about LGBT, but rather the want to identify with liberal kids. I've already said this to other people plenty times: Buzzfeed has no agenda, it's just throwing its LGBT acceptance everywhere because it knows it audience, and here you have them shamelessly proving just how thin their caring for these things actually is with homophobic, racist, right-wing Ted Cruz getting his pathetic desire to be seen as hip made into a reality by the very people who claim to oppose him and his friends, because money is the ultimate real goal.

Whether you look at Buzzfeed or Cruz, this video is in every way the perfect nutshell for the wonderfully awful mixture of unsubtle manipulation and exploitation that US politics have come to.

[Hunchman801]

I actually think it's a good thing that entertainment websites are not politicized. Why should they support a person or party in particular?

[DandyGuy]

>Buzzfeed

I thought that was just an American problem.

[Keane]

I actually think it's a good thing that entertainment websites are not politicized. Why should they support a person or party in particular?

Oh no, I'm opposed to corporations associating themselves with politics, but over the past two or so years Buzzfeed has been desperately trying to portray itself as an incredibly liberal group: Answering to the "representation wars", creating loads of LGBT supportive content, and at times taking suggestions straight from popular Tumblr posts. Anyone familiar with their content probably knows about the super unsubtle feminist content, and the generally open-minded image they want to push.

But obviously, Buzzfeed is content created and marketed to people aged 15-15, and not so coincidentally it's been about two years since the representation wars and Tumblr social justice reached its climax, and as they've said themselves: They just spam an endless stream of content that's injected with everything from memes to politics that young people are currently liking, and hopefully some parts of it will go viral.

So that Buzzfeed's political agenda is entirely made up for marketing and not an actual thing is clear, but then this video comes along and completely murders the image of liberal, accepting Buzzfeed. And that's where I tie it into my whole "corporations exploit politics" rant, because even though no one should be forming loyalties to companies, people do, and it's so fucking shameful and disgusting to see them attempt to create these bonds with people (Trying to appear as if they're trying to raise awareness for transgender people, giving support to LGBT kids, etc) and then giving into someone who's like a modern day icon of bigotry, in every way that Buzzfeed claims to oppose it.

To me, at least, it makes the entire minority talk that's been heating up the States feel really pointless. They definitely achieve some great things, but it's all at the expense of shit like this: Fake messages so people create bonds with their brands rather than realise their hypocrisy and exploitation. Because this is just one example: Google, Lush, Visa, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Macy's, Kellog's, Gap, Levi's, Absolut Vodka, Sears, Delta, American Airlines, PepsiCo, United, Tide, Microsoft, Heineken, The Coca-Cola Company, Starbucks, KFC, etc. Wall Street's biggest names couldn't wait to start stuffing their supposed love for human rights down our throats, but some of these mentioned names have entire books written on their violations and scandals.

TL;DR, it upsets me to see people working hard to achieve better conditions be rewarded with the very people violating human rights being promoted, advertised and supported, as if though this movement somehow involves them or they took part in anything.

[Fifo]

I can’t wait for the next Record Day!

[Bradandez]

I can.

[DandyGuy]

I can.

For a minute I thought you were referring to an Apple product

[Hoozang]

:extremeboon:

Well, anyways Record Day is a bit far away...

[Bradandez]

Record Day is stupid anyways. I bet you guys don't even have a record player with a vast collection of vinyls.

[Hoozang]

Yeah? What about your microphones? Do you even use microphones on this day? DO YOU EVEN have ONE?!