i’ve watched document on miloš forman, czech film director, who among many great movies made “hair”, and the way i started laughing out loud, when after coming to usa in late 60s to take a look at hippies, he was like “these ppl are fucking boring, they’re just mindlessly fucking around and smoking weed”. 😂
dude was expecting some serious rebellion, instead got bunch of mostly spoiled brats running away from everyday responsibilities. the different perspective you get from having your parents killed in death camps by nazis, and then when studying film you have to navigate communist regime and its heavy propaganda+censorship, and then when you can’t even go back from usa to your country, bc soviets just invaded it and if you go back you will most likely get arrested.
I understand the good intent but I really wish the left would stop using “terrorist” as a pejorative. I thought it was p obvious why that’s not a framework we should reclaim but in case it needs spelling out: terrorism is violence that is not sanctioned by the state, and what is terrorism varies by region as different states sanction different violences and different militant groups. the violence of the state (eg military, police, border enforcement, and so on) is, by definition, not terrorism within its own borders. the only purpose the category of “terrorism” serves is being this subcategory of violence. if you want to talk about violence in general, talk about violence in general; if you want to talk about violence of the oppressor (as opposed to resistance of the oppressed), talk about violence of the oppressor. “terrorism” is not a moral category unless you think that the state and the law are inherently right no matter what and define the boundaries of morality.
“The arrests take place through surprise military raids on Palestinian homes at dawn, humiliating searches of family members and their homes, destruction of property and belongings, as well as verbal and physical abuse.
Francis said that Palestinians being held inside Israeli prisons and detention centres are “cut off from the world”.
“There is no yard time, no contact with their families, no family visits and no regular lawyer visits,” she explained.
Israeli authorities have also shut off access to canteens, which are necessary to buy basic supplies such as toothpaste, and limited meals to two a day instead of three.
The Israeli parliament, known as the Knesset, on Wednesday approved a plan currently effective for three months allowing the reduction of the minimum living space allotted to each prisoner, previously set at 3.5 square metres – to accommodate a rising crush of prisoners.”
It’s really funny that redditors convinced themselves that the stupid Tiananmen Square copypasta is going to get chinese people forcefully disconnected from their internet service or something while the UK government will get your ass if you complete the sentence “Soldier F is ___” and has actively worked with google and with social media websites to censor posts or search results about Soldier F
Like 90% of the shit people make up about China is actually true for the UK
Western powers love to tell on themselves when they lie about their enemies
i know you arent this type of person but your humor has about the same rhythm and style as those people who insist dantes inferno and paradise lost are fanfiction
Youre right and I have a whole rant about this exact thing.
I saw down and re-watched Metalocalypse recently. I had this realization of “Oh my god, this is what every Adult Swim/newgrounds/YouTube flash cartoon has been trying to emulate for the past 15 years.” It SOUNDS like it’s just four bros fucking around in a recording booth, but Brendon Small clearly put a massive amount of time, energy, expertise, and practice, into the writing and performances of that show.
I think a similar thing happened with “English major internet humor” and the prose of Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett.
Comedy prose is all rhythm and voice. I think folks pick up on how Pratchett structures a joke –what with the asides and em-dashes to control the pacing– but they lack the self-importance and show-offishness to actually pull off what is, at its core, scathing and spiteful metacommentary, often at his own expense.
There is a journalistic rage at the core of Pratchett’s comedy. I think it deserves innovation rather than compounded imitation.
I also think talking like the villain from a poorly aged young adult novel is extremely funny.
“Honestly, you expect me to stoop to your level? The only thing between me and godhood is my own willpower. You are nothing to me. Soon, you’ll be an ant beneath my boot.”
