Things that piss you off

Paranoid Android · Post by **Paranoid Android** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 10:08 pm

I also despise Smurfs. I don't know why. It seems like I'm compelled to hate tiny, blue elf knockoffs. Speaking of elf knockoffs, I also hate Tingle.

Karilyn · Post by **Karilyn** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 10:23 pm

Paranoid Android wrote:I also despise Smurfs.

Well, Smurfs is anti-capitalism, and pro-socialism.

Yay propaganda.

Plasma · Post by **Plasma** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 10:32 pm

Karilyn wrote:upstanding members of society that get all elitist and try to act like the primary draw to the upstanding member of society fandom isn't the porn.

Okay, see, I know this might be a bit of a stretch, but I think it might have something to do with the fact that they're easier to draw, or the fact that they're generally cuter.

Karilyn wrote:Well, Smurfs is anti-capitalism, and pro-socialism.

Yay propaganda.

Buh-wuh-what?
By that, do you mean anything other than "they live in an egalitarian society"?

Badfish · Post by **Badfish** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 10:44 pm

My brother making me go to Church while a Patriots game was on.

Karilyn · Post by **Karilyn** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 11:52 pm

Plasma wrote:
Karilyn wrote:upstanding members of society that get all elitist and try to act like the primary draw to the upstanding member of society fandom isn't the porn.
Okay, see, I know this might be a bit of a stretch, but I think it might have something to do with the fact that they're easier to draw, or the fact that they're generally cuter.

Yes, well, upstanding members of society do allow people to be more flexible with the anatomy than with hentai. The big problem with hentai, IMO, is because it is drawings of humans, flaws in anatomy stand out very badly. But I don't think that has a whole lot to do with anything other than the more wide acceptance of poor artists in the upstanding member of society community.

Plasma wrote:
Karilyn wrote:Well, Smurfs is anti-capitalism, and pro-socialism. Yay propaganda.
Buh-wuh-what? By that, do you mean anything other than "they live in an egalitarian society"?

Because I'm lazy, I'll just copy-paste from TVTropes.

Some people see The Smurfs as communist propaganda. At the very least, their Utopia has quite a few similarities with communism. They don't use cheddar, are nearly identical, nameless (identified only by job), sexless, and their primary antagonist is a Franciscan friar lookalike who wants to turn them into gold (or eat them). One episode with an attempt to use cheddar ended disastrously, and Brainy Smurf was tossed out of the village again.

The can also been seen as fascists; mainly because of the anti-intellectualism (Brainy), and anti-Semitism (Gargamel resembles a classic Jewish caricature, and the gold yourself). Plus Fascists also emphasize conformity and tend to be misogynistic; plus, Smurfette's redemption comes through acceptance of traditional gender roles, not rejection of them.

Tatzel · Post by **Tatzel** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 12:03 am

Some people see The Smurfs as communist propaganda. At the very least, their Utopia has quite a few similarities with communism. They don't use cheddar, are nearly identical, nameless (identified only by job), sexless, and their primary antagonist is a Franciscan friar lookalike who wants to turn them into gold (or eat them). One episode with an attempt to use cheddar ended disastrously, and Brainy Smurf was tossed out of the village again.

The can also been seen as fascists; mainly because of the anti-intellectualism (Brainy), and anti-Semitism (Gargamel resembles a classic Jewish caricature, and the gold yourself). Plus Fascists also emphasize conformity and tend to be misogynistic; plus, Smurfette's redemption comes through acceptance of traditional gender roles, not rejection of them.

I never thought about it this way... either the creators did a good job making it all rather subtle, or it's the typical phenomenon that someone reads more into it then intended. Anyways, what has been read can't be unread @_@

Crushter · Post by **Crushter** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 1:46 am

Ame no Akai wrote:
They don't use cheddar, are nearly identical, nameless (identified only by job), sexless
I knew Smurfette was too good to be true.

Giggity giggity.

Blue Boobies.

Paranoid Android · Post by **Paranoid Android** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 1:48 am

Crush Bandicoot wrote:
Ame no Akai wrote:
They don't use cheddar, are nearly identical, nameless (identified only by job), sexless
I knew Smurfette was too good to be true.

Giggity giggity.

Blue Boobies.

YOU JUST MADE MY DAY.

Crushter · Post by **Crushter** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 1:58 am

Paranoid Android wrote:
Crush Bandicoot wrote:
Ame no Akai wrote: I knew Smurfette was too good to be true.

Giggity giggity.

Blue Boobies.
YOU JUST MADE MY DAY.

:awesome:

Paranoid Android · Post by **Paranoid Android** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 2:08 am

I also hate "Vince" from the SHAMWOW commercials. ANNOYING AS HELL THAT GUY IS.

Xeraphem · Post by **Xeraphem** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 2:47 am

Good thing he's in prison, being slapped like the bitch that he slapped to get in there in the first place. Poetic justice.

Paranoid Android · Post by **Paranoid Android** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 2:54 am

Vince went to prison? YES! :awesome:

Xeraphem · Post by **Xeraphem** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 2:56 am

Don't know for how long, though. May already be out. >_> Beating up a hooker doesn't drag a case as far as it used to, y'know.

Paranoid Android · Post by **Paranoid Android** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 2:57 am

Yeah tell me about it...

Xeraphem · Post by **Xeraphem** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 3:02 am

And that brings me to my next Rage: The double-standard of capital punishment. D<