Astrology rant...pee your pants funny.

[TheBoyPaj]

I dunno, I have to say I found the comment regarding women who believe in astrology needing a punch in the ovaries (or "crotch"? which is it???) fairly offensive. And I don't get offended by a whole lot. It just reeks of adolescent sexism. I didn't even bother to read the rest of it. Thanks for the reminder that sexism still exists, I guess.

Yeah, it is offensive. But a lot of humour is based on characters saying outrageous things which offend. Just because you laugh, it doesn't mean you agree with the sentiment.

In fact, the "punch in the ovaries" line was used in the movie Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy, in which the main character is a sexist git. It's still an amusing film, though.

 

[drkitten]

I seriously doubt that gullibility has anything whatsoever to do with gender.

Piper-Terry, M. L., & Downey, J. L. (1998). Sex, gullibility, and the Barnum effect. Psychological Reports, 82, 571-576 provide some suggestions otherwise.

Specifically, they found that females were more likely to accept bogus personality test results than men in what is otherwise a fairly standard test of gullibility.

Of course, one robin does not a summer make, nor one paper a law of nature.

 

[El Greco]

Specifically, they found that females were more likely to accept bogus personality test results than men in what is otherwise a fairly standard test of gullibility.

That's my completely anecdotal observation too, and I wouldn't exactly call myself a macho sexist misogynist. It's just what I have noticed without even trying.

 

[Beady]

I dunno, I have to say I found the comment regarding women who believe in astrology needing a punch in the ovaries (or "crotch"? which is it???) fairly offensive. And I don't get offended by a whole lot. It just reeks of adolescent sexism.

Isn't "adolescent sexism" rather redundant?

Which brings up the question of the author's age.

 

[Beady]

Is there a correlation between belief in astrology and posession of ovaries? The common wisdom says there is, but I don't exactly have the statistics here in front of me.

The Big Boss where I work likes to invite the Little People (not leprechauns) in for cake and an informal group conference during their birth-month. I walked in and my cube-neighbor (male, with hair grayer than mine) said, "I didn't know you were a Pisces." "Aries," I corrected him. "Oh," he answered, "You were born after the 21st."

Aries, is the only astrological sign I can match up with its time of year (well, I guess I'll now be able to match Pisces, so long as I remember the conversation). My cube neighbor, apparently, knows them all. He's also into firewalking and remote viewing; I try not to get into too many conversations with him.

 

[songstress]

This article is far from being 'funny.' It's just a litany of abuse, profanity and verbal assault.

 

[TheBoyPaj]

Not a South Park fan, I bet.

 

[Phaycops]

Not a South Park fan, I bet.

Actually, I am. South Park is way smarter and more funny than some random kid on the internet spewing profanity. Of course, that's aparently some people's idea of funny. Meh. To each their own, I suppose.

Which brings up the question of the author's age.

It was meant to. I don't think that teenagers lack useful things to say, just that this person in particular seems very...young. Perhaps as he gets older, his sense of humour will mature as well.

But a lot of humour is based on characters saying outrageous things which offend.

Certainly. But I laugh at David Cross and not this guy. Why? Again, because this person is not funny, smart, or outrageous, just offensive. He is not making some kind of "statement" about anything, just being rude and hurtful for the heck of it. Not my cup of tea at all, but aparently I'm in the minority. But that's fine with me.

 

[JLam]

He is not making some kind of "statement" about anything, just being rude and hurtful for the heck of it.

Jonathan Swift advocated the eating of children in "A Modest Proposal". Do you really think he wanted to engage in cannibalism? Of course not; it was satire.

I would bet my ovaries (if I had any) that the author has never punched anyone in his life. His whole site part satire, and part ruffling the feathers of people who take it too seriously.

If that one offended you, you should check out this one. It's titled "Love your kids? Prove it by beating them."

http://maddox.xmission.com/beat.html

One could look at that article as an instruction manual for child abuse, but it's so completely outrageous, I think it's clear that he's denouncing the people who beat their kids.

Just something to think about.

 

[TheBoyPaj]

Did Brass Eye ever make it to the states?

 

[Donks]

Actually, I am. South Park is way smarter and more funny than some random kid on the internet spewing profanity. Of course, that's aparently some people's idea of funny. Meh. To each their own, I suppose.
It was meant to. I don't think that teenagers lack useful things to say, just that this person in particular seems very...young. Perhaps as he gets older, his sense of humour will mature as well.

He's been posting the same stuff since 1997. He said he was 20 in 98. While he may be lying, I don't think he's a teenager.

 

[Ashles]

Do you like the Onion Phaycops?

It is another example of taking a ludicrously extreme point of view to highlight certain issues.

It just seems like you haven't got it. That's fair enough, but I don't think it's fair to brand him as immature or that as he gets older his humour will 'mature'.

It's damn funny now for a great many people.

 

[misawafan]

Did Brass Eye ever make it to the states?

Sadly, no.

Though I don't think this website author being discussed is remotely in the same league, talent-wise, as Chris Morris (based on my knowledge of Mr. Morris)...

 

[TheBoyPaj]

No, certainly not. But quite a lot of that was very offensive.
Also, his latest fiction series "Nathan Barley" has many very funny scenes which provoke outrage.

As an example, in one episode the main character (Nathan Barley, a nasty piece of work) is immensley proud of the fact that he received oral sex from a girl who claimed to be thirteen years old. It turned out she was 18, but that didn't stop Barley bragging about it on the bus. We laugh, even though the character is a tool.

Would that have created outrage in the US? I'm not aware of any complaints to Channel 4 from UK audiences.