Bilbo 3,709 Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 6 hours ago, Disco Stu said: So should I try this "Cormoran Strike" series? If you enjoyed the Potters then you should enjoy these. Potter is basically a whodunnit at its core. The characters in Strike are great too. I’d say give the first one a go anyway. It’s an easy read. JoeinAR and Disco Stu 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 https://www.dailywire.com/news/harry-potter-actor-robbie-coltrane-who-played-hagrid-defends-j-k-rowling bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Now they're cancelling Coltrane, and so the cycle of hatred continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 43 minutes ago, Arpy said: Now their cancelling Coltrane, and so the cycle of hatred continues. it’s all so so dumb Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,496 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 So...some actor says that some writer wasn't offensive. Is that really world news? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Not much else happening these days. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,496 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 ...sadly. Having said that, she has a point. It's impossible to turn an XX into an XY, or vice versa. Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 so that canceling is going well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,496 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 "The Tottenham"? What's that got to do with Son, Kane, Alli, and the rest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 17 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said: ...sadly. Having said that, she has a point. It's impossible to turn an XX into an XY, or vice versa. Those are a privileged social construct. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,496 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 It's also basic human biology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 False biology that isn't inclusive. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Naïve Old Fart said: "The Tottenham"? What's that got to do with Son, Kane, Ali, and the rest? It’s a pub featured in the series. It changed its name in real life I believe. the titular character is an Arsenal fan Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Whats your preferred pronouns is the new question when dating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 1 minute ago, JoeinAR said: Whats your preferred pronouns is the new question when dating. Thee/thim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,496 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 45 minutes ago, Bilbo said: the titular character is an Arsenal fan At least someone's got some sense. 32 minutes ago, JoeinAR said: Whats your preferred pronouns is the new question when dating. Really? Mine's usually "how much?" Bilbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Naïve Old Fart said: At least someone's got some sense. Really? Mine's usually "how much?" Never pay for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 1 hour ago, JoeinAR said: Never pay for it. We're in a new era, Joe! Go Dutch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 7 minutes ago, Nick Parker said: We're in a new era, Joe! Go Dutch! Give it away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 The problem is this. Articles starting with a big headline stating that she is Transphobic and evil as an immutable fact with no regards of what she actually said. People only read headlines right? https://kotaku.com/transphobic-creator-j-k-rowling-not-involved-in-new-ha-1845094502 Bilbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 4 minutes ago, King Mark said: The problem is this. Articles starting with a big headline stating that she is Transphobic and evil as an immutable fact with no regards of what she actually said. People only read headlines right? https://kotaku.com/transphobic-creator-j-k-rowling-not-involved-in-new-ha-1845094502 I’m not surprised by Kotaku doing this but it’s still truly outrageous. Reading the article and the comments, these people are so far into a fantasy model of reality that it has completely warped their understanding of people and the world. Holko and Bilbo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 I notice a lot of game reviews for the past year or so on Kotaku are tainted by the reviewer saying " I can't enjoy the game because some guy on the production team's view on this or that social issue is opposite to mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 16 minutes ago, King Mark said: The problem is this. Articles starting with a big headline stating that she is Transphobic and evil as an immutable fact with no regards of what she actually said. People only read headlines right? https://kotaku.com/transphobic-creator-j-k-rowling-not-involved-in-new-ha-1845094502 12 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: I’m not surprised by Kotaku doing this but it’s still truly outrageous. Reading the article and the comments, these people are so far into a fantasy model of reality that it has completely warped their understanding of people and the world. Putting aside my earlier comment in another thread about "cancel culture", this is essentially a "news" article mixed with an op-ed written by a self-acknowledged...fanfiction novellist? How seriously is Kotaku taken? Frankly I still don't understand the whole matter with Rowling and transphobia--I need someone here thorough to dumb talk it to me 'cause damn it's a mess--but my initial reaction is that it's pretty unethical and unprofessional to be so aggressive, especially in a headline. EDIT: I shouldn't have read the comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 I dunno, sometimes it's " Game director who said mildly sexist comments in the presence of female employees.." that become the headline "Game director who sexually assaulted several female employee..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,499 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 22 minutes ago, Nick Parker said: EDIT: I shouldn't have read the comments. Now i have to read the comments. EDIT: yeah I shouldn't have scrolled further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 10 minutes ago, Holko said: Now i have to read the comments. EDIT: yeah I shouldn't have scrolled further. Holko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,388 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 I'm favorable to a virus that kills only Twitter activists involved with cancel culture and entertainment "journalists" from sites like Kotaku that take great pleasure in destroying other people's lifes and careers. Poor Corona targets only elders and people with diseases, can't do the job of getting rid of all these idiots. Fabulin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 2,833 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 I like the look of that open world Hogwarts game. They had to come out and say JK had nothing to do with it... just in case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 3 hours ago, Edmilson said: sites like Kotaku that take great pleasure in destroying other people's lifes and careers. . I used to like Kotaku, but lately all their articles and reviews are too infused with woke elements like trashing a remaster of a 10 year old game because the character creation tool doesn't have enough skin color options . Like they literally spend\t half the review on that point alone. Or if a new game doesn't have characters from every minority group it's the first thing they'll bring up to decide if the game is good or bad. And if there ARE minority group characters, then there's something wrong with the way they're portrayed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deacon Blues 65 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 14 hours ago, PuhgreÞiviÞm said: https://www.dailywire.com/news/harry-potter-actor-robbie-coltrane-who-played-hagrid-defends-j-k-rowling Defending JK TERFling. Yuck. I mean, he is a boomer so of course he thinks like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 6 minutes ago, Harry Irene said: Defending JK TERFling. Yuck. I mean, he is a boomer so of course he thinks like this. Got a problem with terf babes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 The more culture and society moves towards identity politics the more non-intersecting identities, each with their own set of ideals, beliefs etc. will collide, the repercussions of which have already eroded civil discourse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,388 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Voldemort himself is defending JK: Quote Ralph Fiennes Says J.K. Rowling Backlash Is ‘Disturbing’: ‘I Can’t Understand the Vitriol’ Ralph Fiennes starred as Lord Voldemort in the "Harry Potter" film franchise. https://www.indiewire.com/2021/03/ralph-fiennes-defends-jk-rowling-hatred-disturbing-1234624445/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Poor guy. Twitter is going to be canceling him now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 He played a nazi in a movie once. Twitter will not pardon him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Aren't you guys too old to be reading HP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 8 minutes ago, bruce marshall said: Aren't you guys too old to be reading HP? Some of them even... dress like that. Gruesome Son of a Bitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 50 minutes ago, bruce marshall said: Aren't you guys too old to be reading HP? It's a rhetorical question.... 😒 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 20 hours ago, The Big Man said: Some of them even... dress like that. Aren't you " insulted" by my post, Drax? J says you were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,388 Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 ... aaaaaaaand the backlash came. Fiennes is now officially #canceled. https://ew.com/movies/ralph-fiennes-jk-rowling-transphobic-statements/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,943 Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Quote I can understand the heat of an argument, but I find this age of accusation and the need to condemn irrational. I find the level of hatred that people express about views that differ from theirs, and the violence of language towards others, disturbing. Damn straight! Ralph Fiennes' the man! Nick1Ø66 and Ricard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,688 Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Chen G. said: Damn straight! Ralph Fiennes' the man! And Radcliffe is an obsequious coward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 .....and J singles out MY post as " "garbage"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 2,833 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 I think this is an appropriate time to discuss whether Voldemort has a penis and how he was able to conceive a child with Bellatrix Lestrange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Anyone else think JK Rowling is kinda hot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 I used to think she was ordinary about 20-odd years ago but she's more dolled up these days, and way sexier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Phew! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 13 minutes ago, Gruesome Son of a Bitch said: Phew! Isn't that Jay in.the corner asking for an.autograph?😝 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,388 Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 21 hours ago, Alex said: I think this is an appropriate time to discuss whether Voldemort has a penis and how he was able to conceive a child with Bellatrix Lestrange Even Emperor Palpatine had children. I guess being an evil Dark Lord doesn't mean you can't have an active sexual life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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