War Room Lounge v98: “Yes I’m a gangster and I committed that crime.”

[Seano]

you know there's an 'ignore' function

er.... I'm aware. Maybe you should extend that advice to people who feel a need to involve admin in conversations they aren't part of.

 

[Seano]

Likes aren't a good measure of anything. The posts I deleted were you responding to Rational Poster saying you weren't worth conversing with by saying that all he does is post memes and that he's just a "liberal" that patronises minorities.
It wasn't on topic. It was trash.

If anyone should have had a problem with that conversation, it was me. I guess I could have PM'd you and cried that Rational Poster booboo'd my feelings and needed to be censored. I just don't have it in me.

 

[sickc0d3r]

So PlayStation Vue goes offline in a few days, which sucks. Thinking of switching to YouTube tv for my live channels, but not sure. Any other suggestions?

 

[Seano]

...the Jews?

Not sure of their ethnic/religious background.

 

[weed]

er.... I'm aware. Maybe you should extend that advice to people who feel a need to involve admin in conversations they aren't part of.

you're the one who feel this is the "circle jerk" thread, & have a problem with the TS. just saying man. this is the most I've ever posted in this thread series, starting this week. there was an argument going down in here an hour ago. I don't know what "circle jerk" you're talking about.

 

[spin]

You won't find me crying to the admin over it, unlike some.

Cause crying to a no one in particular is much better.



Oh and hey, Fawlty didn't alert the admins over RR, I did.

I saw someone abusing their power and I did something about it.


Just so you know, precious.

 

[Ruprecht]

If anyone should have had a problem with that conversation, it was me. I guess I could have PM'd you and cried that Rational Poster booboo'd my feelings and needed to be censored. I just don't have it in me.

Well plenty of your fellow posters did. Do I need to keep repeating that no one reported your posts?
These wonderful posts of yours that were deleted were as follows:

Spoiler

"Its because you view minorities as lesser people who need the assistance of great people like yourself."

"Memes and gifs don't hide your virtuous bigotry from me."

"Yeah, I see thats your go to when backed into a corner. "You're not worth my time." How many times have you said that in this thread? Twice now, sandwiched in between the same gif that you post over and over?

Fuck off then. Don't like being called on your shit, then get off your high horse."

"I thought we were done? I'm not insecure at all. Very comfortable with my mediocrity, in fact. There seems to be one person in this thread trying to prove their self worth. Want to guess who that is? The guy posting memes and telling everyone that they're "not worth his time."

"You're not educating anyone about anything other than what you're all about."

"Keep avoiding addressing what everyone sees, that'll make it go away.

Oh wait, lets speak your language-

"

""\

"Probably because you're not that bright, as you've proven repeatedly in this very thread. Tell him he's not worth your time and post a gif. That'll show him who he's messing with."

The topic was Fire Department hiring policy. Supposedly.
Shit talking in the general threads is only allowed as long as you're still actually discussing the thread topic.
If you want to discuss each other or otherwise talk completely off topic, there's this thread.
If you want to post memes, there's the meme thread.
If you want to post about religion, conspiracy theories, cryptozoology or the like, there's The Great Beyond.
It really isn't that difficult.

 

[Islam Imamate]

I post off topic all the time in other forums with all sorts of people. We have ridiculous conversations in the boxing forum all the time. No one complains. Here though, one of 2 sections on the site where you're supposed to actually expect shit talk, its off limits. Its stupid.

And sometimes the off topic conversations are the more interesting ones too. Oh well, I guess we can't have nice things.

 

[Islam Imamate]

I feel as if I am the only one trying to make our guest feel welcomed...

 

[Sketch]

Well plenty of your fellow posters did. Do I need to keep repeating that no one reported your posts?
These wonderful posts of yours that were deleted were as follows:

Spoiler

"Its because you view minorities as lesser people who need the assistance of great people like yourself."

"Memes and gifs don't hide your virtuous bigotry from me."

"Yeah, I see thats your go to when backed into a corner. "You're not worth my time." How many times have you said that in this thread? Twice now, sandwiched in between the same gif that you post over and over?

Fuck off then. Don't like being called on your shit, then get off your high horse."

"I thought we were done? I'm not insecure at all. Very comfortable with my mediocrity, in fact. There seems to be one person in this thread trying to prove their self worth. Want to guess who that is? The guy posting memes and telling everyone that they're "not worth his time."

"You're not educating anyone about anything other than what you're all about."

"Keep avoiding addressing what everyone sees, that'll make it go away.

Oh wait, lets speak your language-

"

""\

"Probably because you're not that bright, as you've proven repeatedly in this very thread. Tell him he's not worth your time and post a gif. That'll show him who he's messing with."

The topic was Fire Department hiring policy. Supposedly.
Shit talking in the general threads is only allowed as long as you're still actually discussing the thread topic.
If you want to discuss each other or otherwise talk completely off topic, there's this thread.
If you want to post memes, there's the meme thread.
If you want to post about religion, conspiracy theories, crypto zoology or the like, there's The Great Beyond.
It really isn't that difficult.

Rup, just let us bang bro.

 

[Ruprecht]

Rup, just let us bang bro.

Not in public Sketch. You've got a room for it (the lounge threads or the OT).
It's not fair on the people that do in fact want to discuss political topics.
Things are bad enough here as it is.

 

[Trotsky]

Do what you feel. I'm a big boy who can handle words. You won't find me crying to the admin over it, unlike some.

You've been informed it was RP who was reported, almost certainly by a conservative poster, you sassy little muffin.

 

[Social Distance Warrior]

...the Jews?

my first guess as well.

 

[PolishHeadlock2]

This story is fucking hilarious

 

[Social Distance Warrior]

Can't remember who I was discussing the movie with, other than @HereticBD, but I rewatched Joker. I've settled on a few things, most of all that it isn't a great movie but that it's a worthwhile addition to the Batman canon and to American film. In retrospect, as some conservatives like Heretic pointed out, the "incel" angle was really, really blown out of proportion. It's a story about the brutality of austerity on the most vulnerable in society, including the mentally ill and the truly explosive potential of class warfare. In effect, like the Nolan films, I think it fear mongers about left-wing politics more than it lionizes them, but it's not the job of films like that to make helpful political statements.

On the incel angle [spoilers follow], I actually think Phillips makes a statement, whether intentional or not, that really bites back against incel right-wing ideology of commodifying women. There is a longstanding cultural phenomenon that white men see more-attractive black women, particularly poor ones, as universally attainable for even the most unexceptional white men. That, even though the man knows he's less attractive than her, she is within reach, unlike a comparable beautiful white woman. It's pretty blatant racism, where a white man internalizes his whiteness as a positive value and the woman's blackness as a negative value. This was touched on briefly (and this is the only time I can remember it being depicted) by Louis C.K. in Louie when he stalks a black woman who cashed him out at the grocery store. For the first half of the film, with its inexplicably lop-sided love story, it was necessary that the much-more-beautiful young woman be poor and black since her being white (let alone rich and white) would have completely tipped the hand and set off suspicions in the viewer. So, whether Phillips meant to or not, he made a powerful commentary on that phenomenon.

Either way, I think the non-political conservative types were probably right to bitch about the media incel thing.

Overall,
Good:

Photography/cinematography
Homages to previous Batman films (really exceptional job done here)
Social commentary
Inventive new takes on characters and linking together important events​

Bad:

Lack of character development
Not enough internal plot logic
Several unrealistic plot points​

One thing that stood out to me, though, is that Phoenix's performance wasn't that remarkable to me. I think he's an incredible actor, but I didn't think his take was all that nuanced, moving, or captivating. Definitely nowhere close to Ledger's.

more and more I'm digging your movie related posts.

definitely a lot more in depth than, "god, that movie fucking sucked!!"

 

[PolishHeadlock2]

You know, this is supposed to be the War Room. There's a reason its called the War Room and not the safe space room. And yet, this is literally the only place on the entire board that people regularly tattle and whine about what people post and try to get them dubbed or banned over it. Never do I get messages from mods or get tattled on anywhere else on the entire site, and thats coming from a guy with over 100k posts.
Bunch of babies you are. "Waaahh. Ruprecht, Seano's words made my vagina sore. Please make them go away!"
And then on top of that, the only place to have a free discussion is in a thread made by a rat tattle tale?



What a joke this forum has turned into.

Lol

 

[Jesus H. Sherdog]

So PlayStation Vue goes offline in a few days, which sucks. Thinking of switching to YouTube tv for my live channels, but not sure. Any other suggestions?

Have you looked into Hulu? That works for my family

 

[PolishHeadlock2]

I feel as if I am the only one trying to make our guest feel welcomed...

Muslims are known for their hospitality

 

[PolishHeadlock2]

@Gregolian

 

[Limbo Pete]

You've been informed it was RP who was reported, almost certainly by a conservative poster, you sassy little muffin.

"Sassy little muffin" is great lmao
I'm gonna remember that one