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Coffeebeanz 07/20/18 4:17:41 PM #101:	The thought police are on the prowl lately. --- Physician [Internal Medicine] <cite>Coffeebeanz posted [p:905429906] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote>The thought police are on the prowl lately.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
gunplagirl 07/20/18 4:18:07 PM #102:	CyricZ posted... Gheb posted... Honestly, it's probably in everyone's best interest to go through their social media and review their old posts I do it on the reg. What do you tweet about? Besides retweeting my porn star friends new shoots and replying to my music and journalist friends polls I never tweet. --- Pew pew! <cite>gunplagirl posted [p:905429936] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote><cite>CyricZ posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Gheb posted...</cite> <quote>Honestly, it's probably in everyone's best interest to go through their social media and review their old posts </quote> I do it on the reg.</quote> What do you tweet about? Besides retweeting my porn star friends new shoots and replying to my music and journalist friends polls I never tweet.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
alt_no_1_loves 07/20/18 4:18:09 PM #103:	gunplagirl posted... alt_no_1_loves posted... gunplagirl posted... Like, if you're more obsessed with your movies than the guy joking about rape you're selfish for one, I think the point of that joke was how horrible rape is... I don't think he was making a genuine argument about a redeeming quality of rape. I don't think this particular tweet should be an issue. You don't see how that is even worse? "Let's take the pragmatic approach to rape. Pros: babies for Jesus" is a pretty common one of those arguments. And it's total trash. Forgive me if you are being genuine, but I don't think you're being genuine. Good day. --- sig poll: buzz cola or duff beer 1 - 1 thus far (after like 2 years) <cite>alt_no_1_loves posted [p:905429938] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote><cite>gunplagirl posted...</cite> <quote><cite>alt_no_1_loves posted...</cite> <quote><cite>gunplagirl posted...</cite> <quote>Like, if you're more obsessed with your movies than the guy joking about rape you're selfish for one,</quote> I think the point of that joke was how horrible rape is... I don't think he was making a genuine argument about a redeeming quality of rape. I don't think this particular tweet should be an issue.</quote> You don't see how that is even worse? "Let's take the pragmatic approach to rape. Pros: babies for Jesus" is a pretty common one of those arguments. And it's total trash.</quote> Forgive me if you are being genuine, but I don't think you're being genuine. Good day.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zikten 07/20/18 4:18:49 PM #104:	sorry gunplagirl but most people in the world are going to be upset he was fired. your a minority on this <cite>Zikten posted [p:905429970] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote>sorry gunplagirl but most people in the world are going to be upset he was fired. your a minority on this</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NibeIungsnarf 07/20/18 4:19:23 PM #105:	gunplagirl posted... It really is. I get that jokes upset you, but why is it weird to you that a lot of other people think that a good director being allowed to make movies people like is more important than firing him because he made offensive jokes? Why does thinking this make people bad to you? gunplagirl posted... I never said you said they couldn't. Then what was the point in bringing it up? gunplagirl posted... Maybe don't shove words in my mouth, and maybe acquire some empathy instead of defending the guy who made rape jokes? I haven't shoved anything in your mouth. And I have more empathy than you. <cite>NibeIungsnarf posted [p:905429994] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote><cite>gunplagirl posted...</cite> <quote>It really is.</quote> I get that jokes upset you, but why is it weird to you that a lot of other people think that a good director being allowed to make movies people like is more important than firing him because he made offensive jokes? Why does thinking this make people bad to you? <cite>gunplagirl posted...</cite> <quote>I never said you said they couldn't.</quote> Then what was the point in bringing it up? <cite>gunplagirl posted...</cite> <quote>Maybe don't shove words in my mouth, and maybe acquire some empathy instead of defending the guy who made rape jokes?</quote> I haven't shoved anything in your mouth. And I have more empathy than you.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Gafemage 07/20/18 4:19:41 PM #106:	CyricZ posted... Oh this can't be that ohhhhhh... --- https://imgur.com/1EOFcjn https://imgur.com/epjd8zk <cite>Gafemage posted [p:905430018] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote><cite>CyricZ posted...</cite> <quote>Oh this can't be that ohhhhhh...</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
gunplagirl 07/20/18 4:20:18 PM #107:	alt_no_1_loves posted... gunplagirl posted... alt_no_1_loves posted... gunplagirl posted... Like, if you're more obsessed with your movies than the guy joking about rape you're selfish for one, I think the point of that joke was how horrible rape is... I don't think he was making a genuine argument about a redeeming quality of rape. I don't think this particular tweet should be an issue. You don't see how that is even worse? "Let's take the pragmatic approach to rape. Pros: babies for Jesus" is a pretty common one of those arguments. And it's total trash. Forgive me if you are being genuine, but I don't think you're being genuine. Good day. You don't believe that somebody could be offended by jokes about rape feeling good or which Disney character would be worst to be raped by? --- Pew pew! <cite>gunplagirl posted [p:905430056] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote><cite>alt_no_1_loves posted...</cite> <quote><cite>gunplagirl posted...</cite> <quote><cite>alt_no_1_loves posted...</cite> <quote><cite>gunplagirl posted...</cite> <quote>Like, if you're more obsessed with your movies than the guy joking about rape you're selfish for one,</quote> I think the point of that joke was how horrible rape is... I don't think he was making a genuine argument about a redeeming quality of rape. I don't think this particular tweet should be an issue.</quote> You don't see how that is even worse? "Let's take the pragmatic approach to rape. Pros: babies for Jesus" is a pretty common one of those arguments. And it's total trash.</quote> Forgive me if you are being genuine, but I don't think you're being genuine. Good day.</quote> You don't believe that somebody could be offended by jokes about rape feeling good or which Disney character would be worst to be raped by?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
mario2000 07/20/18 4:20:52 PM #108:	wtf why do people think they can get away with this shit --- Arrrr the SS Goku, Mighty fine boat... -fatmatt Hope Frieza doesn't chuck an Iceberg at the Goku, otherwise it's all over. -Nekoslash <cite>mario2000 posted [p:905430090] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote>wtf why do people think they can get away with this shit</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DiScOrD tHe LuNaTiC 07/20/18 4:21:10 PM #109:	Corman321 posted... DiScOrD tHe LuNaTiC posted... Not that it will happen, but I think it would be funny if Chris Pine, one of the more prominent conservatives in Hollywood, took Gunn's side during this. You mean Chris Pratt? Too many fucking Chris's LOL. --- "So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am." <cite>DiScOrD tHe LuNaTiC posted [p:905430113] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote><cite>Corman321 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>DiScOrD tHe LuNaTiC posted...</cite> <quote>Not that it will happen, but I think it would be funny if Chris Pine, one of the more prominent conservatives in Hollywood, took Gunn's side during this.</quote> You mean Chris Pratt?</quote> Too many fucking Chris's LOL.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Funkydog 07/20/18 4:21:49 PM #110:	Why on earth would someone think that is something to tweet out? --- https://imgur.com/BGbZK <cite>Funkydog posted [p:905430152] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote>Why on earth would someone think that is something to tweet out?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
alt_no_1_loves 07/20/18 4:22:52 PM #111:	gunplagirl posted... You don't believe that somebody could be offended by jokes about rape feeling good Unless we're talking about two different tweets, "The best thing about being raped is when youre done being raped and its like whew this feels great, not being raped! is not a joke about rape feeling good. You'd have to willfully misunderstand it to think otherwise. Bye for real this time. --- sig poll: buzz cola or duff beer 1 - 1 thus far (after like 2 years) <cite>alt_no_1_loves posted [p:905430210] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote><cite>gunplagirl posted...</cite> <quote>You don't believe that somebody could be offended by jokes about rape feeling good</quote> Unless we're talking about two different tweets, <quote>"The best thing about being raped is when youre done being raped and its like whew this feels great, not being raped!</quote> is not a joke about rape feeling good. You'd have to willfully misunderstand it to think otherwise. Bye for real this time.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mr_Hakubi 07/20/18 4:24:03 PM #112:	Good. Can we get George Miller on board now? --- https://imgur.com/xpT6zzQ My Top 100 Video Game Music: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF3949EA6DC5D532F (2010) <cite>Mr_Hakubi posted [p:905430276] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote>Good. Can we get George Miller on board now?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CyricZ 07/20/18 4:24:05 PM #113:	ThatMuttGuy posted... I hope Taika can take over for Gunn on GOTG3. That would be a lot of nice. gunplagirl posted... What do you tweet about? Besides retweeting my porn star friends new shoots and replying to my music and journalist friends polls I never tweet. Um.... video games. >_> I mean, every so often I'll just go back through them and be like can this get me fired, naw cool. --- CyricZ <cite>CyricZ posted [p:905430277] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote><cite>ThatMuttGuy posted...</cite> <quote>I hope Taika can take over for Gunn on GOTG3.</quote> That would be a lot of nice. <cite>gunplagirl posted...</cite> <quote>What do you tweet about? Besides retweeting my porn star friends new shoots and replying to my music and journalist friends polls I never tweet.</quote> Um.... video games. >_> I mean, every so often I'll just go back through them and be like can this get me fired, naw cool.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DarthAragorn 07/20/18 4:24:10 PM #114:	also are there screenshots of these anywhere? i'd be interested to see if these were actually replies to something worse, or what the full context was, if any --- A thousand eyes, and one. <cite>DarthAragorn posted [p:905430284] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote>also are there screenshots of these anywhere? i'd be interested to see if these were actually replies to something worse, or what the full context was, if any</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ThanksUglyGod 07/20/18 4:26:16 PM #115:	I'm pretty pissed that it was Trump supporters of all people to bring these back up again and get him fired, but Gunn really should've deleted these as soon as Disney hired him. Or at least the last time people were bringing these tweets up. <cite>ThanksUglyGod posted [p:905430415] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote>I'm pretty pissed that it was Trump supporters of all people to bring these back up again and get him fired, but Gunn really should've deleted these as soon as Disney hired him. Or at least the last time people were bringing these tweets up.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
gunplagirl 07/20/18 4:26:35 PM #116:	NibeIungsnarf posted... gunplagirl posted... It really is. I get that jokes upset you, but why is it weird to you that a lot of other people think that a good director being allowed to make movies people like is more important than firing him because he made offensive jokes? Why does thinking this make people bad to you? gunplagirl posted... I never said you said they couldn't. Then what was the point in bringing it up? gunplagirl posted... Maybe don't shove words in my mouth, and maybe acquire some empathy instead of defending the guy who made rape jokes? I haven't shoved anything in your mouth. And I have more empathy than you. It's one thing if you're concerned for the future of the movies but if that's what you care about more than the guy joking about rape, yore priorities are backwards. Refer to my original post for when I said as much. I brought it up because you said it was Disney incompetence that he got away with saying it as long as he had. As a follow up to their incompetence, they responded properly. I was reiterating that ultimately it doesn't matter if they were incompetent before, and provided a similar example of employers being incompetent in the hiring process. And turning empathy into a pissing contest right after saying I don't get comedy because I don't "get" rape jokes seems counterintuitive and hypocritical. --- Pew pew! <cite>gunplagirl posted [p:905430430] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote><cite>NibeIungsnarf posted...</cite> <quote><cite>gunplagirl posted...</cite> <quote>It really is.</quote> I get that jokes upset you, but why is it weird to you that a lot of other people think that a good director being allowed to make movies people like is more important than firing him because he made offensive jokes? Why does thinking this make people bad to you? <cite>gunplagirl posted...</cite> <quote>I never said you said they couldn't.</quote> Then what was the point in bringing it up? <cite>gunplagirl posted...</cite> <quote>Maybe don't shove words in my mouth, and maybe acquire some empathy instead of defending the guy who made rape jokes?</quote> I haven't shoved anything in your mouth. And I have more empathy than you.</quote> It's one thing if you're concerned for the future of the movies but if that's what you care about more than the guy joking about rape, yore priorities are backwards. Refer to my original post for when I said as much. I brought it up because you said it was Disney incompetence that he got away with saying it as long as he had. As a follow up to their incompetence, they responded properly. I was reiterating that ultimately it doesn't matter if they were incompetent before, and provided a similar example of employers being incompetent in the hiring process. And turning empathy into a pissing contest right after saying I don't get comedy because I don't "get" rape jokes seems counterintuitive and hypocritical.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Gheb 07/20/18 4:27:32 PM #117:	The danger of Twitter is the lack of context. If the things that Gunn tweeted were lines in South Park, people wouldn't give a shit. But that's not what you see. You see some tweets, years removed from any sort of context. Who knows what prompted the tweet. And tone? Good luck deciphering that in 140 characters. For all we know his comment about little boys could have been in response to some Catholic Priest scandal from years ago. Except we don't know. We just see what is there now. --- S** I have to stop doing that," Gheb said, as he lay back down and died again.* - Forgotten Love Chiefs are going to win the Super Bowl <cite>Gheb posted [p:905430503] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote>The danger of Twitter is the lack of context. If the things that Gunn tweeted were lines in South Park, people wouldn't give a shit. But that's not what you see. You see some tweets, years removed from any sort of context. Who knows what prompted the tweet. And tone? Good luck deciphering that in 140 characters. For all we know his comment about little boys could have been in response to some Catholic Priest scandal from years ago. Except we don't know. We just see what is there now.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DiScOrD tHe LuNaTiC 07/20/18 4:28:05 PM #118:	ThatMuttGuy posted... I hope Taika can take over for Gunn on GOTG3. That's actually a really good idea. --- "So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am." <cite>DiScOrD tHe LuNaTiC posted [p:905430539] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote><cite>ThatMuttGuy posted...</cite> <quote>I hope Taika can take over for Gunn on GOTG3.</quote> That's actually a really good idea.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MC_BatCommander 07/20/18 4:28:36 PM #119:	social media is a curse, I'm so glad I limit my Facebook postings to like 90% cat pictures and 10% bitching about the weather. I can't imagine having some crap I posted years ago coming back to bite me. --- The Legend is True! <cite>MC_BatCommander posted [p:905430566] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote>social media is a curse, I'm so glad I limit my Facebook postings to like 90% cat pictures and 10% bitching about the weather. I can't imagine having some crap I posted years ago coming back to bite me.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DiScOrD tHe LuNaTiC 07/20/18 4:30:52 PM #120:	ThanksUglyGod posted... I'm pretty pissed that it was Trump supporters of all people to bring these back up again and get him fired, As anti-Trump as he is, he made himself a target and didn't think to scrub anything objectionable from his social media history. Poke the bear long enough, it'll bite. As was said in one long-ago Dilbert strip: "There's nothing more dangerous than a resourceful idiot." --- "So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am." <cite>DiScOrD tHe LuNaTiC posted [p:905430682] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote><cite>ThanksUglyGod posted...</cite> <quote>I'm pretty pissed that it was Trump supporters of all people to bring these back up again and get him fired,</quote> As anti-Trump as he is, he made himself a target and didn't think to scrub anything objectionable from his social media history. Poke the bear long enough, it'll bite. As was said in one long-ago Dilbert strip: "There's nothing more dangerous than a resourceful idiot."</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NibeIungsnarf 07/20/18 4:31:30 PM #121:	gunplagirl posted... but if that's what you care about more than the guy joking about rape, yore priorities are backwards. This is completely nonsense. I don't think he should have made those jokes what 10 years ago? I don't see why not thinking he should be fired over them is virtuous in any way, though. This is assuming we live in a world where you're not allowed to joke about rape. I'm with George Carlin on this. gunplagirl posted... I brought it up because you said it was Disney incompetence that he got away with saying it as long as he had. As a follow up to their incompetence, they responded properly Nah. gunplagirl posted... And turning empathy into a pissing contest right after saying I don't get comedy because I don't "get" rape jokes seems counterintuitive and hypocritical. When did I ever say you don't get comedy because you don't like/"get" rape jokes? At no point in this topic have I defended his jokes, just the idea that he shouldn't have been fired for A) jokes B) jokes that happened before he was hired in the first plac <cite>NibeIungsnarf posted [p:905430720] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote><cite>gunplagirl posted...</cite> <quote>but if that's what you care about more than the guy joking about rape, yore priorities are backwards. </quote> This is completely nonsense. I don't think he should have made those jokes what 10 years ago? I don't see why not thinking he should be fired over them is virtuous in any way, though. This is assuming we live in a world where you're not allowed to joke about rape. I'm with George Carlin on this. <cite>gunplagirl posted...</cite> <quote> I brought it up because you said it was Disney incompetence that he got away with saying it as long as he had. As a follow up to their incompetence, they responded properly</quote> Nah. <cite>gunplagirl posted...</cite> <quote>And turning empathy into a pissing contest right after saying I don't get comedy because I don't "get" rape jokes seems counterintuitive and hypocritical.</quote> When did I ever say you don't get comedy because you don't like/"get" rape jokes? At no point in this topic have I defended his jokes, just the idea that he shouldn't have been fired for A) jokes B) jokes that happened before he was hired in the first plac</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Slayerblade11 07/20/18 4:32:14 PM #122:	http://archive.is/MdOm6 This is one of his most offensive comments His humor is pretty fucked up. Dunno if he should be fired for it. <cite>Slayerblade11 posted [p:905430762] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote>http://archive.is/MdOm6 This is one of his most offensive comments His humor is pretty fucked up. Dunno if he should be fired for it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zikten 07/20/18 4:32:20 PM #123:	MC_BatCommander posted... social media is a curse, I'm so glad I limit my Facebook postings to like 90% cat pictures and 10% bitching about the weather. I can't imagine having some crap I posted years ago coming back to bite me. Yea I have never understood why people love social so much. I barely use it. facebook is ok I guess for talking to people and you can do it in private messages. I like never post publicly. But I don't get Twitter at all. never used it. never understood the point of it. and I don't get why people think it's fun <cite>Zikten posted [p:905430767] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote><cite>MC_BatCommander posted...</cite> <quote>social media is a curse, I'm so glad I limit my Facebook postings to like 90% cat pictures and 10% bitching about the weather. I can't imagine having some crap I posted years ago coming back to bite me.</quote> Yea I have never understood why people love social so much. I barely use it. facebook is ok I guess for talking to people and you can do it in private messages. I like never post publicly. But I don't get Twitter at all. never used it. never understood the point of it. and I don't get why people think it's fun</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
darkjedilink 07/20/18 4:33:25 PM #124:	Slayerblade11 posted... http://archive.is/MdOm6 This is one of his most offensive comments His humor is pretty fucked up. Dunno if he should be fired for it. The MCU contract they all sign is pretty strict, and iron-clad. --- 'It's okay that those gangbangers stole all my personal belongings and cash at gunpoint, cuz they're building a rec center!' - OneTimeBen <cite>darkjedilink posted [p:905430822] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote><cite>Slayerblade11 posted...</cite> <quote>http://archive.is/MdOm6 This is one of his most offensive comments His humor is pretty fucked up. Dunno if he should be fired for it.</quote> The MCU contract they all sign is pretty strict, and iron-clad.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
juicebox4 07/20/18 4:33:55 PM #125:	I really don't understand what point he was trying to make by saying that shit. they mentioned criticizing trump, which neither of those did, so.. wat? good riddance I guess. --- Ding dong, bing bong GABBA GABBA HEY <cite>juicebox4 posted [p:905430841] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote>I really don't understand what point he was trying to make by saying that shit. they mentioned criticizing trump, which neither of those did, so.. wat? good riddance I guess.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ollie89 07/20/18 4:34:04 PM #126:	Zikten posted... MC_BatCommander posted... social media is a curse, I'm so glad I limit my Facebook postings to like 90% cat pictures and 10% bitching about the weather. I can't imagine having some crap I posted years ago coming back to bite me. Yea I have never understood why people love social so much. I barely use it. facebook is ok I guess for talking to people and you can do it in private messages. I like never post publicly. But I don't get Twitter at all. never used it. never understood the point of it. and I don't get why people think it's fun Attention. People always crave attention. And it's really easy to get when using social media. --- Woo! <cite>ollie89 posted [p:905430851] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote><cite>Zikten posted...</cite> <quote><cite>MC_BatCommander posted...</cite> <quote>social media is a curse, I'm so glad I limit my Facebook postings to like 90% cat pictures and 10% bitching about the weather. I can't imagine having some crap I posted years ago coming back to bite me.</quote> Yea I have never understood why people love social so much. I barely use it. facebook is ok I guess for talking to people and you can do it in private messages. I like never post publicly. But I don't get Twitter at all. never used it. never understood the point of it. and I don't get why people think it's fun</quote> Attention. People always crave attention. And it's really easy to get when using social media.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DarthAragorn 07/20/18 4:34:19 PM #127:	juicebox4 posted... I really don't understand what point he was trying to make by saying that shit. they mentioned criticizing trump, which neither of those did, so.. wat? good riddance I guess. because this shit was before he was even employed by disney/marvel therefore well before trump was really relevant --- A thousand eyes, and one. <cite>DarthAragorn posted [p:905430871] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote><cite>juicebox4 posted...</cite> <quote>I really don't understand what point he was trying to make by saying that shit. they mentioned criticizing trump, which neither of those did, so.. wat? good riddance I guess.</quote> because this shit was before he was even employed by disney/marvel therefore well before trump was really relevant</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FrisbeeDude 07/20/18 4:34:42 PM #128:	Zikten posted... MC_BatCommander posted... social media is a curse, I'm so glad I limit my Facebook postings to like 90% cat pictures and 10% bitching about the weather. I can't imagine having some crap I posted years ago coming back to bite me. Yea I have never understood why people love social so much. I barely use it. facebook is ok I guess for talking to people and you can do it in private messages. I like never post publicly. But I don't get Twitter at all. never used it. never understood the point of it. and I don't get why people think it's fun The communal aspect is really not that hard to understand. It's not much different than a message board. --- If you're not voting like a black woman, your opinion doesn't matter to me <cite>FrisbeeDude posted [p:905430893] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote><cite>Zikten posted...</cite> <quote><cite>MC_BatCommander posted...</cite> <quote>social media is a curse, I'm so glad I limit my Facebook postings to like 90% cat pictures and 10% bitching about the weather. I can't imagine having some crap I posted years ago coming back to bite me.</quote> Yea I have never understood why people love social so much. I barely use it. facebook is ok I guess for talking to people and you can do it in private messages. I like never post publicly. But I don't get Twitter at all. never used it. never understood the point of it. and I don't get why people think it's fun</quote> The communal aspect is really not that hard to understand. It's not much different than a message board.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zikten 07/20/18 4:35:21 PM #129:	juicebox4 posted... I really don't understand what point he was trying to make by saying that shit. they mentioned criticizing trump, which neither of those did, so.. wat? good riddance I guess. these were said before Trump even ran for president. this is stuff from almost a decade ago <cite>Zikten posted [p:905430934] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote><cite>juicebox4 posted...</cite> <quote>I really don't understand what point he was trying to make by saying that shit. they mentioned criticizing trump, which neither of those did, so.. wat? good riddance I guess.</quote> these were said before Trump even ran for president. this is stuff from almost a decade ago</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ollie89 07/20/18 4:36:19 PM #131:	James Gunn even admitted that he did it for attention: "Many people who have followed my career know when I started, I viewed myself as a provocateur, making movies and telling jokes that were outrageous and taboo. As I have discussed publicly many times, as I've developed as a person, so has my work and my humor. It's not to say I'm better, but I am very, very different than I was a few years ago; today I try to root my work in love and connection and less in anger. My days saying something just because its shocking and trying to get a reaction are over." --- Woo! <cite>ollie89 posted [p:905430985] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote>James Gunn even admitted that he did it for attention: <quote>"Many people who have followed my career know when I started, I viewed myself as a provocateur, making movies and telling jokes that were outrageous and taboo. As I have discussed publicly many times, as I've developed as a person, so has my work and my humor. It's not to say I'm better, but I am very, very different than I was a few years ago; today I try to root my work in love and connection and less in anger. My days saying something just because its shocking and trying to get a reaction are over."</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheVipaGTS 07/20/18 4:36:33 PM #132:	Zikten posted... juicebox4 posted... I really don't understand what point he was trying to make by saying that shit. they mentioned criticizing trump, which neither of those did, so.. wat? good riddance I guess. these were said before Trump even ran for president. this is stuff from almost a decade ago these tweets resurfaced because Trump supporters allegedly got upset at comments he made about Trump. so they went out to find this kind of stuff. --- Dallas Cowboys: 1 - 1 <cite>TheVipaGTS posted [p:905430997] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote><cite>Zikten posted...</cite> <quote><cite>juicebox4 posted...</cite> <quote>I really don't understand what point he was trying to make by saying that shit. they mentioned criticizing trump, which neither of those did, so.. wat? good riddance I guess.</quote> these were said before Trump even ran for president. this is stuff from almost a decade ago</quote> these tweets resurfaced because Trump supporters allegedly got upset at comments he made about Trump. so they went out to find this kind of stuff.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zikten 07/20/18 4:36:51 PM #133:	FrisbeeDude posted... Zikten posted... MC_BatCommander posted... social media is a curse, I'm so glad I limit my Facebook postings to like 90% cat pictures and 10% bitching about the weather. I can't imagine having some crap I posted years ago coming back to bite me. Yea I have never understood why people love social so much. I barely use it. facebook is ok I guess for talking to people and you can do it in private messages. I like never post publicly. But I don't get Twitter at all. never used it. never understood the point of it. and I don't get why people think it's fun The communal aspect is really not that hard to understand. It's not much different than a message board. yea but a message board in anonymous.social media you have to display your real name and stand by everything you say and it can be seen by the whole world and know YOU said it. it's less casual than here. <cite>Zikten posted [p:905431013] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote><cite>FrisbeeDude posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Zikten posted...</cite> <quote><cite>MC_BatCommander posted...</cite> <quote>social media is a curse, I'm so glad I limit my Facebook postings to like 90% cat pictures and 10% bitching about the weather. I can't imagine having some crap I posted years ago coming back to bite me.</quote> Yea I have never understood why people love social so much. I barely use it. facebook is ok I guess for talking to people and you can do it in private messages. I like never post publicly. But I don't get Twitter at all. never used it. never understood the point of it. and I don't get why people think it's fun</quote> The communal aspect is really not that hard to understand. It's not much different than a message board.</quote> yea but a message board in anonymous.social media you have to display your real name and stand by everything you say and it can be seen by the whole world and know YOU said it. it's less casual than here.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
D-Lo_BrownTown 07/20/18 4:37:19 PM #134:	Lol @ all the virtue signaling --- You Messin Wit Da Real Deal Now https://imgur.com/dWXgtSb <cite>D-Lo_BrownTown posted [p:905431036] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote>Lol @ all the virtue signaling</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
juicebox4 07/20/18 4:38:15 PM #135:	TheVipaGTS posted... Zikten posted... juicebox4 posted... I really don't understand what point he was trying to make by saying that shit. they mentioned criticizing trump, which neither of those did, so.. wat? good riddance I guess. these were said before Trump even ran for president. this is stuff from almost a decade ago these tweets resurfaced because Trump supporters allegedly got upset at comments he made about Trump. so they went out to find this kind of stuff. oh okay that makes sense why the article mentioned Trump now, thanks but again, WHY the fuck would he say this shit? the rape joke was awful but I can see how his twisted ass mind probably thought it had a punchline. but the little boy thing was just a sentence saying he likes kids. like wtf --- Ding dong, bing bong GABBA GABBA HEY <cite>juicebox4 posted [p:905431094] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote><cite>TheVipaGTS posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Zikten posted...</cite> <quote><cite>juicebox4 posted...</cite> <quote>I really don't understand what point he was trying to make by saying that shit. they mentioned criticizing trump, which neither of those did, so.. wat? good riddance I guess.</quote> these were said before Trump even ran for president. this is stuff from almost a decade ago</quote> these tweets resurfaced because Trump supporters allegedly got upset at comments he made about Trump. so they went out to find this kind of stuff.</quote> oh okay that makes sense why the article mentioned Trump now, thanks but again, WHY the fuck would he say this shit? the rape joke was awful but I can see how his twisted ass mind probably thought it had a punchline. but the little boy thing was just a sentence saying he likes kids. like wtf</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheVipaGTS 07/20/18 4:38:34 PM #136:	Zikten posted... FrisbeeDude posted... Zikten posted... MC_BatCommander posted... social media is a curse, I'm so glad I limit my Facebook postings to like 90% cat pictures and 10% bitching about the weather. I can't imagine having some crap I posted years ago coming back to bite me. Yea I have never understood why people love social so much. I barely use it. facebook is ok I guess for talking to people and you can do it in private messages. I like never post publicly. But I don't get Twitter at all. never used it. never understood the point of it. and I don't get why people think it's fun The communal aspect is really not that hard to understand. It's not much different than a message board. yea but a message board in anonymous.social media you have to display your real name and stand by everything you say and it can be seen by the whole world and know YOU said it. it's less casual than here. And most people aren't stupid enough to make jokes about Rape or say other stupid things. Most people don't need to worry about what you're saying. I've had social media accounts for years. never said or posted anything stupid like this. Embarrassing maybe but not stupid on this level. I also follow a lot of other friends and family...Have yet to see something like this from them. --- Dallas Cowboys: 1 - 1 <cite>TheVipaGTS posted [p:905431113] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote><cite>Zikten posted...</cite> <quote><cite>FrisbeeDude posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Zikten posted...</cite> <quote><cite>MC_BatCommander posted...</cite> <quote>social media is a curse, I'm so glad I limit my Facebook postings to like 90% cat pictures and 10% bitching about the weather. I can't imagine having some crap I posted years ago coming back to bite me.</quote> Yea I have never understood why people love social so much. I barely use it. facebook is ok I guess for talking to people and you can do it in private messages. I like never post publicly. But I don't get Twitter at all. never used it. never understood the point of it. and I don't get why people think it's fun</quote> The communal aspect is really not that hard to understand. It's not much different than a message board.</quote> yea but a message board in anonymous.social media you have to display your real name and stand by everything you say and it can be seen by the whole world and know YOU said it. it's less casual than here.</quote> And most people aren't stupid enough to make jokes about Rape or say other stupid things. Most people don't need to worry about what you're saying. I've had social media accounts for years. never said or posted anything stupid like this. Embarrassing maybe but not stupid on this level. I also follow a lot of other friends and family...Have yet to see something like this from them.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
gunplagirl 07/20/18 4:38:49 PM #137:	NibeIungsnarf posted... gunplagirl posted... but if that's what you care about more than the guy joking about rape, yore priorities are backwards. This is completely nonsense. I don't think he should have made those jokes what 10 years ago? I don't see why not thinking he should be fired over them is virtuous in any way, though. This is assuming we live in a world where you're not allowed to joke about rape. I'm with George Carlin on this. gunplagirl posted... I brought it up because you said it was Disney incompetence that he got away with saying it as long as he had. As a follow up to their incompetence, they responded properly Nah. gunplagirl posted... And turning empathy into a pissing contest right after saying I don't get comedy because I don't "get" rape jokes seems counterintuitive and hypocritical. When did I ever say you don't get comedy because you don't like/"get" rape jokes? At no point in this topic have I defended his jokes, just the idea that he shouldn't have been fired for A) jokes B) jokes that happened before he was hired in the first plac You CAN make rape jokes, you can drink and drive, you can cannibalize your loved ones. You probably shouldn't do any of the above though, and you'll have only yourself to blame when your actions come back to haunt you. Yeah. And "I get jokes offend you" seems an awful lot like you're implying I don't 'get' the humor. It's tacitly implied that I don't "get" the humor of rape jokes. And it doesn't matter when he made the jokes, he didn't bother scrubbing them and it generated bad press for his employer. shrugs your paradigms seem a bit incompatible at times. --- Pew pew! <cite>gunplagirl posted [p:905431127] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote><cite>NibeIungsnarf posted...</cite> <quote><cite>gunplagirl posted...</cite> <quote>but if that's what you care about more than the guy joking about rape, yore priorities are backwards. </quote> This is completely nonsense. I don't think he should have made those jokes what 10 years ago? I don't see why not thinking he should be fired over them is virtuous in any way, though. This is assuming we live in a world where you're not allowed to joke about rape. I'm with George Carlin on this. <cite>gunplagirl posted...</cite> <quote> I brought it up because you said it was Disney incompetence that he got away with saying it as long as he had. As a follow up to their incompetence, they responded properly</quote> Nah. <cite>gunplagirl posted...</cite> <quote>And turning empathy into a pissing contest right after saying I don't get comedy because I don't "get" rape jokes seems counterintuitive and hypocritical.</quote> When did I ever say you don't get comedy because you don't like/"get" rape jokes? At no point in this topic have I defended his jokes, just the idea that he shouldn't have been fired for A) jokes B) jokes that happened before he was hired in the first plac</quote> You CAN make rape jokes, you can drink and drive, you can cannibalize your loved ones. You probably shouldn't do any of the above though, and you'll have only yourself to blame when your actions come back to haunt you. Yeah. And "I get jokes offend you" seems an awful lot like you're implying I don't 'get' the humor. It's tacitly implied that I don't "get" the humor of rape jokes. And it doesn't matter when he made the jokes, he didn't bother scrubbing them and it generated bad press for his employer. shrugs your paradigms seem a bit incompatible at times.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
EvalAngell 07/20/18 4:39:30 PM #138:	The Trump supporters snapped their fingers and made Gunn and the whole GOTG franchise disappear. #NoGauntletRequired #AimForTheTweets --- It's what's best for business. <cite>EvalAngell posted [p:905431173] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote>The Trump supporters snapped their fingers and made Gunn and the whole GOTG franchise disappear. #NoGauntletRequired #AimForTheTweets</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CapnMuffin 07/20/18 4:39:49 PM #139:	So no one here can ever have even mild fame or position. Imagine losing your job because of a gamefaqs shit post a decade ago. Jesus Christ this world has better things to tackle. --- "its okay a lizard ate me and elucidated my fate" - MJ_Max on Dark Souls 3DSFC : 0860-3930-2170 \| NNID : CapnMuffin \| XBGT : Capn Muffin <cite>CapnMuffin posted [p:905431192] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote>So no one here can ever have even mild fame or position. Imagine losing your job because of a gamefaqs shit post a decade ago. Jesus Christ this world has better things to tackle.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zikten 07/20/18 4:41:14 PM #140:	CapnMuffin posted... So no one here can ever have even mild fame or position. Imagine losing your job because of a gamefaqs shit post a decade ago. Jesus Christ this world has better things to tackle. in the future very soon, it's gonna get worse. eventually there will be politicians with old message board posts and youtube comments and people will dig them up. <cite>Zikten posted [p:905431269] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote><cite>CapnMuffin posted...</cite> <quote>So no one here can ever have even mild fame or position. Imagine losing your job because of a gamefaqs shit post a decade ago. Jesus Christ this world has better things to tackle.</quote> in the future very soon, it's gonna get worse. eventually there will be politicians with old message board posts and youtube comments and people will dig them up.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FrisbeeDude 07/20/18 4:41:31 PM #141:	Zikten posted... FrisbeeDude posted... Zikten posted... MC_BatCommander posted... social media is a curse, I'm so glad I limit my Facebook postings to like 90% cat pictures and 10% bitching about the weather. I can't imagine having some crap I posted years ago coming back to bite me. Yea I have never understood why people love social so much. I barely use it. facebook is ok I guess for talking to people and you can do it in private messages. I like never post publicly. But I don't get Twitter at all. never used it. never understood the point of it. and I don't get why people think it's fun The communal aspect is really not that hard to understand. It's not much different than a message board. yea but a message board in anonymous.social media you have to display your real name and stand by everything you say and it can be seen by the whole world and know YOU said it. it's less casual than here. dunno about you, but I've never said anything here I wouldnt stand by in real life --- If you're not voting like a black woman, your opinion doesn't matter to me <cite>FrisbeeDude posted [p:905431296] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote><cite>Zikten posted...</cite> <quote><cite>FrisbeeDude posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Zikten posted...</cite> <quote><cite>MC_BatCommander posted...</cite> <quote>social media is a curse, I'm so glad I limit my Facebook postings to like 90% cat pictures and 10% bitching about the weather. I can't imagine having some crap I posted years ago coming back to bite me.</quote> Yea I have never understood why people love social so much. I barely use it. facebook is ok I guess for talking to people and you can do it in private messages. I like never post publicly. But I don't get Twitter at all. never used it. never understood the point of it. and I don't get why people think it's fun</quote> The communal aspect is really not that hard to understand. It's not much different than a message board.</quote> yea but a message board in anonymous.social media you have to display your real name and stand by everything you say and it can be seen by the whole world and know YOU said it. it's less casual than here.</quote> dunno about you, but I've never said anything here I wouldnt stand by in real life</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheVipaGTS 07/20/18 4:43:31 PM #142:	CapnMuffin posted... Jesus Christ this world has better things to tackle. i never understood this line of thinking. the world is also tackling those things. A group of people bringing a tweet to light that causes disney to make a personal business decision doesn't prevent the world from tackling other things. --- Dallas Cowboys: 1 - 1 <cite>TheVipaGTS posted [p:905431405] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote><cite>CapnMuffin posted...</cite> <quote> Jesus Christ this world has better things to tackle.</quote> i never understood this line of thinking. the world is also tackling those things. A group of people bringing a tweet to light that causes disney to make a personal business decision doesn't prevent the world from tackling other things.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NibeIungsnarf 07/20/18 4:43:46 PM #143:	gunplagirl posted... You CAN make rape jokes, you can drink and drive, you can cannibalize your loved ones. You probably shouldn't do any of the above though, and you'll have only yourself to blame when your actions come back to haunt you. Only a horrible fucking human being would compare jokes to either of those (illegal and murderous) things. Good thing you're not being serious. gunplagirl posted... And "I get jokes offend you" seems an awful lot like you're implying I don't 'get' the humor. It's tacitly implied that I don't "get" the humor of rape jokes. I don't see how this implies that at all, but I don't live in your weirdass brain space. gunplagirl posted... And it doesn't matter when he made the jokes, he didn't bother scrubbing them and it generated bad press for his employer. shrugs your paradigms seem a bit incompatible at times. This is nonsense. His employer accepted that that past existed when they hired him. <cite>NibeIungsnarf posted [p:905431415] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote><cite>gunplagirl posted...</cite> <quote>You CAN make rape jokes, you can drink and drive, you can cannibalize your loved ones. You probably shouldn't do any of the above though, and you'll have only yourself to blame when your actions come back to haunt you.</quote> Only a horrible fucking human being would compare jokes to either of those (illegal and murderous) things. Good thing you're not being serious. <cite>gunplagirl posted...</cite> <quote>And "I get jokes offend you" seems an awful lot like you're implying I don't 'get' the humor. It's tacitly implied that I don't "get" the humor of rape jokes.</quote> I don't see how this implies that at all, but I don't live in your weirdass brain space. <cite>gunplagirl posted...</cite> <quote>And it doesn't matter when he made the jokes, he didn't bother scrubbing them and it generated bad press for his employer. shrugs your paradigms seem a bit incompatible at times.</quote> This is nonsense. His employer accepted that that past existed when they hired him.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tyranthraxus 07/20/18 4:43:52 PM #144:	if you said even 1/2 of his jokes on GameFAQs you'd be instantly suspended and this place is generally a laid back corner of the internet that people waste free time on for fun. Disney is literally a career making movies and animation for kids and teens. You absolutely cannot have your top employees making "best part about rape" jokes on twitter. --- It says right here in Matthew 16:4 "Jesus doth not need a giant Mecha." https://imgur.com/dQgC4kv <cite>Tyranthraxus posted [p:905431417] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote>if you said even 1/2 of his jokes on GameFAQs you'd be instantly suspended and this place is generally a laid back corner of the internet that people waste free time on for fun. Disney is literally a career making movies and animation for kids and teens. You absolutely cannot have your top employees making "best part about rape" jokes on twitter.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CyricZ 07/20/18 4:44:17 PM #145:	CapnMuffin posted... So no one here can ever have even mild fame or position. This wasn't going to happen anyways. Most any GameFAQs users who made a name for themselves either got there because they did something bad, or eventually blew up on their own and got shitcanned from their own web series. --- CyricZ <cite>CyricZ posted [p:905431441] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote><cite>CapnMuffin posted...</cite> <quote>So no one here can ever have even mild fame or position.</quote> This wasn't going to happen anyways. Most any GameFAQs users who made a name for themselves either got there because they did something bad, or eventually blew up on their own and got shitcanned from their own web series.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CapnMuffin 07/20/18 4:44:25 PM #146:	Zikten posted... CapnMuffin posted... So no one here can ever have even mild fame or position. Imagine losing your job because of a gamefaqs shit post a decade ago. Jesus Christ this world has better things to tackle. in the future very soon, it's gonna get worse. eventually there will be politicians with old message board posts and youtube comments and people will dig them up. Another case of Southpark coming true. That episode where a company claims to be able to get your entire internet history. Literally everyone who has touched a mouse or keyboard has something to hide. But will also jump to judge others. --- "its okay a lizard ate me and elucidated my fate" - MJ_Max on Dark Souls 3DSFC : 0860-3930-2170 \| NNID : CapnMuffin \| XBGT : Capn Muffin <cite>CapnMuffin posted [p:905431451] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote><cite>Zikten posted...</cite> <quote><cite>CapnMuffin posted...</cite> <quote>So no one here can ever have even mild fame or position. Imagine losing your job because of a gamefaqs shit post a decade ago. Jesus Christ this world has better things to tackle.</quote> in the future very soon, it's gonna get worse. eventually there will be politicians with old message board posts and youtube comments and people will dig them up.</quote> Another case of Southpark coming true. That episode where a company claims to be able to get your entire internet history. Literally everyone who has touched a mouse or keyboard has something to hide. But will also jump to judge others.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DarthAragorn 07/20/18 4:45:04 PM #147:	Tyranthraxus posted... if you said even 1/2 of his jokes on GameFAQs you'd be instantly suspended and this place is generally a laid back corner of the internet that people waste free time on for fun. Disney is literally a career making movies and animation for kids and teens. You absolutely cannot have your top employees making "best part about rape" jokes on twitter. you can't even call someone a poophead on here --- A thousand eyes, and one. <cite>DarthAragorn posted [p:905431499] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote><cite>Tyranthraxus posted...</cite> <quote>if you said even 1/2 of his jokes on GameFAQs you'd be instantly suspended and this place is generally a laid back corner of the internet that people waste free time on for fun. Disney is literally a career making movies and animation for kids and teens. You absolutely cannot have your top employees making "best part about rape" jokes on twitter.</quote> you can't even call someone a poophead on here</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kitt 07/20/18 4:45:44 PM #148:	The hell? I'm not trying to downplay the crudeness and immaturity of what he said, but if you followed James Gunn before Guardians, you would know that the guy has always had a very odd, twisted sense of humor and I refuse to believe that Disney didn't already know that when they hired him. Does anyone remember the PG Porn videos? Super? Slither? The main reason I checked out the first place Guardians movie in the first place was because I was surprised that Disney even hired him. Nowadays, he's way more tamed with that stuff. --- https://imgur.com/pmc9XsI https://imgur.com/LkrRVe2 https://imgur.com/Dp03g3y I'm A Dragon <cite>Kitt posted [p:905431533] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote>The hell? I'm not trying to downplay the crudeness and immaturity of what he said, but if you followed James Gunn before Guardians, you would know that the guy has always had a very odd, twisted sense of humor and I refuse to believe that Disney didn't already know that when they hired him. Does anyone remember the PG Porn videos? Super? Slither? The main reason I checked out the first place Guardians movie in the first place was because I was surprised that Disney even hired him. Nowadays, he's way more tamed with that stuff.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KamenRiderBlade 07/20/18 4:46:46 PM #149:	And this is why "Anonymous" User Handles were invented. So you can disassociate your IRL self from your Online Self. --- Are you a MexiCAN or a MexiCAN'T - Johnny Depp '*Once Upon A Time in Mexico*' <cite>KamenRiderBlade posted [p:905431576] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote>And this is why "Anonymous" User Handles were invented. So you can disassociate your IRL self from your Online Self.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zikten 07/20/18 4:47:07 PM #150:	CapnMuffin posted... But will also jump to judge others. that's the part that pisses me off. probably around 90% of people have at some point in their lives posted something they wouldn't want others to see. yet everytime a famous person gets caught they judge them. <cite>Zikten posted [p:905431601] in James Gunn... [t:76825940]...</cite> <quote><cite>CapnMuffin posted...</cite> <quote>But will also jump to judge others.</quote> that's the part that pisses me off. probably around 90% of people have at some point in their lives posted something they wouldn't want others to see. yet everytime a famous person gets caught they judge them.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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