The Douche Bag Irony

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Crawl and 1OOO		#21	[-]
Posts: 15476 (05/12/09 6:16 PM) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	As an example, related to the animators strike, Walt Disney complained about "the chip-on-the-shoulder boys and the world-owes-me-a-living lads." Of course, by making such a complaint about employees, he's implying that he, as a boss, is entitled to treat his employees like shit. Less seriously, Berardinelli always complains about "entitled teenagers" who are disruptive at the movie theater. But by complaining about that, what is he saying other than that he is "entitled" to not be disrupted at the movie theater? "Of the three ways in which men think that they acquire a knowledge of things--authority, reasoning, and experience--only the last is effective and able to bring peace to the intellect." -Roger Bacon
MaskedSheik		#22	[-]
Posts: 876 (05/14/09 10:11 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	It's like how gay marriage takes away straight people's liberties.
Facilitypro		#23	[-]
Posts: 2484 (05/15/09 2:53 PM) Slow Daddy Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	In what context do you use "douchebag" as an insult? Generally, I see people labeled as "douchebags" as having the following qualities: -Condecending -Self-aggrandizing/self-important/narcisstic -Love attention -Usually have a lot of money but didn't earn it, coupled with living a lavish lifestyle So, I guess a douchebag is just an upscale asshole. SEE: Spencer Pratt, Brandon Davis 85% of video games are above the median in quality.
Crawl and 1OOO		#24	[-]
Posts: 15476 (05/15/09 3:15 PM) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I don't know! I hadn't been able to abstract out any common traits. See, to me, an asshole has to be mean. So, if a customer thinks he or she has the right to be abusive to a cashier, then that person is an asshole. There usually has to be a power imbalance, like that one, or parent / child, boss / employee. So, it's a fairly specific insult, and it's obvious why it's an insult. I see douchebag applied to anyone who has any trait the insulter doesn't like. If they don't like the person's hair, the person's hair makes that person a douchebag. So, when I see someone say, "That person is a douchebag", it seems to me like the person is saying, "I'm a judgmental person who will insult people for any reason." But maybe there is some specific douchebag trait I'm not seeing. I guess I can see that some instances relate to what FacilityPro said, but I thought I might have seen other examples that don't. "Of the three ways in which men think that they acquire a knowledge of things--authority, reasoning, and experience--only the last is effective and able to bring peace to the intellect." -Roger Bacon
Flying Omelette		#25	[-]
Posts: 20778 (05/27/09 12:16 PM) But you had to have the BIIIIIG salad! Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	This "Irony" rule applies to pretty much any insult on the internet. Someone who calls someone else "fat" is most likely to be fat themselves. Someone who says things like, "y do u dislik tihs game. ur a retard!" is most likely the more "retarded" party. And we've all heard that calling people "gay" is a means of lashing out at one's own homosexual tendencies. It's basically projection. www.flyingomelette.com
Captain Ladd Spencer		#26	[-]
Posts: 2213 (06/03/09 9:18 PM) Behold the many uses of my amazing BIONIC ARM! Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	That probably applies to more than insults. I was just thinking that when, say, somebody tells you "You don't like Killer7's story and think it's retarded because you don't understand it!" it's probably because they don't understand it. Well, I guess "You just don't get it" is an indirect way of saying "You're stupid!" but whatever. For example, when people say "If your mind isn't totally blown by Shadow of the Colossus, it's because you don't get it!" except I don't believe the fans even know what the point of the game is. Party A will tell you it's about the corruptability of humans. Party B will tell you it's about putting a lot of work into something and getting nothing out of it. Party C will tell you it's about the power of human love. Party D will tell you the world is just a sandbox of ideas for you to make up your own story about. Party E will just say "IT'S A POEM, YOU EITHER GET IT OR YOU DON'T." And then there's the folks who right-out contradict themselves like Mr. "Literally-Tragic-Without-Actually-Being-So." Which raises another question nobody answers: what about these things? That humans are easily corrupted? That "slaying" hundred-foot statues animated by the devil is an act of corruption? That humans will happily corrupt themselves into zombies for the sake of a dead loved one (P.S. - Nobody would do this, anyone who says otherwise is fooling themselves)? That corrupt humans will get turned into babies and have to retry their life after being raised by their former girlfriends?
greybob		#27	[-]
Posts: 1205 (06/04/09 1:15 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Mr. "Literally-Tragic-Without-Actually-Being-So." Oooh, I haven't heard this story before. Could you tell me what this was about? I live on the internet.
Crawl and 1OOO		#28	[-]
Posts: 15476 (06/04/09 1:34 PM) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I don't think there's a story, per se. Codie posted a single fucked up line The key to beating the bosses in Shadow of the Colossus isn't force, or quick reflexes, or anything like that; it's thinking. And that is why any of the colossi - any single one of them - is better than pretty much any other boss battle in the history of videogames. Later, I looked over the review, and noticed, aside from ridiculous assertions like that, it was also written badly. And he loves the word literally The game gives the impression of being barren to a point that's literally tragic without actually being so at their best the colossi range from awe-inspiring to literally fear-inducing Water trickle down winding streams before cascading over the edge of a literally breath-taking fall So, I guess the point is that "literally tragic without actually being so" is a line that was so awkwardly written that it has become an indelible avatar of bad writing. "Of the three ways in which men think that they acquire a knowledge of things--authority, reasoning, and experience--only the last is effective and able to bring peace to the intellect." -Roger Bacon
Captain Ladd Spencer		#29	[-]
Posts: 2213 (06/04/09 3:21 PM) Behold the many uses of my amazing BIONIC ARM! Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	And back on the subject of projection, another word that guy liked was "soapboxing" which he would start throwing at me whenever I'd start discussing anything he disagreed with. Yes dear, and this review of yours shows how much thought you put into your ideas before you go firing your mouth off. He also had a buddy who would throw "pretentious" at me, then turn around and say things like "being exposed to a different culture" where others would say "living under a rock" and thought Indigo Prophecy (of Indigo Prophecy Syndrome fame) was one of the select few games to be art instead of disposable entertainment. If you don't feel like watching that, here's the relevent part: Condemned 2 is a textbook victim of Indigo Prophecy Syndrome. It's a disease that chiefly afflicts games with a grounding in reality with a slight supernatural element with sequels at increased risk. The main and most obvious victim of of Indigo Prophecy Syndrome is a plot which in the second half goes what is medically known as Snooker Loopy, with lesser symptons including total abandonment of subtlety, the introduction of ancient mystical cults, and the main character pulling hithero unknown superpowers out of their ass. Yup, that sounds like the most artistic game ever! Last Edited By: Captain Ladd Spencer 06/04/09 3:28 PM. Edited 2 times.
Crawl and 1OOO		#30	[-]
Posts: 15476 (06/04/09 3:26 PM) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Oh, maybe there is a story if Codie knew him. I thought it was just a random review she found. "Of the three ways in which men think that they acquire a knowledge of things--authority, reasoning, and experience--only the last is effective and able to bring peace to the intellect." -Roger Bacon
Captain Ladd Spencer		#31	[-]
Posts: 2213 (06/04/09 3:35 PM) Behold the many uses of my amazing BIONIC ARM! Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Not much of one, just that he was the John Q. Internet that finally convinced me to leave VGF after the hundredth argument I had at that place that read like this, and gave me the best firsthand experience with a SotC fanboy ever (RevoIver Ocelot comes in second). Last Edited By: Captain Ladd Spencer 06/04/09 3:39 PM. Edited 1 times.
Flying Omelette		#32	[-]
Posts: 20778 (06/04/09 3:54 PM) But you had to have the BIIIIIG salad! Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I guess maybe the one exception to the insult irony rule would be racist insults. Tenuously related, but someone at another message board once told me that Kiini was racist, but wouldn't explain in what way. My response was, "Racist against what? Cats? Doorstops? Darlosian computers?" www.flyingomelette.com
greybob		#33	[-]
Posts: 1205 (06/10/09 4:03 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	How about when Revolver Ocelot called Crawl a "sniveling, elitist prick"? I live on the internet.
DOVEBLOB		#34	[-]
Posts: 572 (06/10/09 4:14 PM) Bagel, Dammit! Bagel! Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Flying Omelette wrote: I guess maybe the one exception to the insult irony rule would be racist insults. Well, there is the always-famous example that Hitler was part Jewish. Where can I find...a bagel?

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