Comments on: A manifesto http://tsuibhne.net/2007/10/12/a-manifesto/ because cool kids are boring Fri, 18 May 2012 15:12:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Quietus http://tsuibhne.net/2007/10/12/a-manifesto/#comment-16672 Quietus Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:28:58 +0000 http://tsuibhne.net/2007/10/12/a-manifesto/#comment-16672 I think you're missing the point of Something Awful. They take parody and satire and shake it up until it's no longer recognizable. They also write articles such as the one you linked to deliberately to receive negative responses, much to make the responders look like fools. They wanted you to write something like your manifesto, just so they could mock it on their forum. Not because you wrote anything particular stupid, mind you, but because the thrive off of irate readers. Fun fact: the notorious 4chan boards are an offshot of SA. And besides, if you take even the briefest of glances at their site, THEY ARE YOU. They are part of the Geek Community, probably the meaner part, since their community revolves around going against the more... deviant sections of the webosphere. Furries, inflationists, slashfic writers, the like. Finally, they aren't hostile to nedcore. The nerdcore group Former Fat Boys won an award from SA, as you can see here- http://www.answers.com/topic/former-fat-boys yet the site mocks them still http://www.somethingawful.com/d/awfulvision/nerds-geeks-dorks.php?page=2 It's a very odd love-hate-they-are-us-yet-we-like-to-cuss mentality. So please, take some perspective. I think you’re missing the point of Something Awful. They take parody and satire and shake it up until it’s no longer recognizable. They also write articles such as the one you linked to deliberately to receive negative responses, much to make the responders look like fools. They wanted you to write something like your manifesto, just so they could mock it on their forum. Not because you wrote anything particular stupid, mind you, but because the thrive off of irate readers.

Fun fact: the notorious 4chan boards are an offshot of SA.

And besides, if you take even the briefest of glances at their site, THEY ARE YOU. They are part of the Geek Community, probably the meaner part, since their community revolves around going against the more… deviant sections of the webosphere. Furries, inflationists, slashfic writers, the like.

Finally, they aren’t hostile to nedcore. The nerdcore group Former Fat Boys won an award from SA, as you can see here-

http://www.answers.com/topic/former-fat-boys

yet the site mocks them still

http://www.somethingawful.com/d/awfulvision/nerds-geeks-dorks.php?page=2

It’s a very odd love-hate-they-are-us-yet-we-like-to-cuss mentality.

So please, take some perspective.

]]> By: nerdcore.info - geeky hip-hop news » Blog Archive » Nerd News in Brief http://tsuibhne.net/2007/10/12/a-manifesto/#comment-14939 nerdcore.info - geeky hip-hop news » Blog Archive » Nerd News in Brief Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:36:25 +0000 http://tsuibhne.net/2007/10/12/a-manifesto/#comment-14939 [...] A geek manifesto: My pal Matt from Headphone Sacrament wrote up his own response to last month’s Something Awful anti-nerdcore sentiment. He shared it with Church and me, and we were summarily impressed. After letting it simmer for a bit, last week he opted to post it on his blog. It’s a great piece, and I highly recommend you check it out. [...] [...] A geek manifesto: My pal Matt from Headphone Sacrament wrote up his own response to last month’s Something Awful anti-nerdcore sentiment. He shared it with Church and me, and we were summarily impressed. After letting it simmer for a bit, last week he opted to post it on his blog. It’s a great piece, and I highly recommend you check it out. [...]

]]> By: Z. http://tsuibhne.net/2007/10/12/a-manifesto/#comment-14918 Z. Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:16:26 +0000 http://tsuibhne.net/2007/10/12/a-manifesto/#comment-14918 I said it before and I'll say it again: well done, brother! I said it before and I’ll say it again: well done, brother!

]]> By: Matt http://tsuibhne.net/2007/10/12/a-manifesto/#comment-14886 Matt Sat, 13 Oct 2007 19:23:54 +0000 http://tsuibhne.net/2007/10/12/a-manifesto/#comment-14886 thanks thanks

]]> By: ChurchHatesTucker http://tsuibhne.net/2007/10/12/a-manifesto/#comment-14845 ChurchHatesTucker Sat, 13 Oct 2007 04:31:21 +0000 http://tsuibhne.net/2007/10/12/a-manifesto/#comment-14845 Wonderfully succinct. Kudos. Wonderfully succinct. Kudos.

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