Oh for chrissake

[clevermanka]

Yesterday on FB, sdemory said how an author he was reading used the phrase "the black" to refer to a man of color.

Today on a friend's FB post about the Turing pardon (which, don't even get me started), someone left the comment "At least it's a step in the right direction. She's now,a staunch supporter of the gays. Queen Lizzie has right idea. Let's move forward from here on in."

The gays? The gays.

This is me, not getting involved in a FB fight with someone I don't even know.

GOLD STAR FOR ME, MOTHERFUCKERS.

Comments

[seascribe.livejournal.com]

YEAH. Definite gold star for you. Sheezus, humans.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I'm super bored right now, too, so I totally have the time. But I didn't. I DIDN'T.

[seascribe.livejournal.com]

I am so proud of you! :D

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

[hdsqrl.livejournal.com]

(Had a moment of self-amusement that I then thought might be misconstrued, so opted to delete the comment. Apologies if it was seen as being in bad taste - sometimes the dark humor doesn't translate as well as intended.)

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I was trying to figure out how to respond. I understand it was meant to be funny, but...yeah.

Thanks for being awesome!

[hdsqrl.livejournal.com]

I fully blame having sat through Movie 43 yesterday for that blip in my state of awareness. :\

Thanks for not flipping out on me. :)

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I hadn't even heard of that movie until I searched for it just now. Read the plot synopsis on IMDB and...just...



You. Poor. Thing. WHY?

[hdsqrl.livejournal.com]

It was one of those movies that someone had told me was so awful it was hilarious, and I saw it was available on Netflix so thought I'd give it a whirl while I soaked off the shellac from my nails. The first piece was jaw-dropping but bizarrely funny, but then it plummeted downhill from there. My hands were stuck in acetone with gooey fingernails, so I figured I'd just wait it out and see if anything redeeming happened as the film went on. Chris came up from the basement and caught a snippet of it, and then stood there for the rest of the film, saying, "Oh my GOD!!" and, "Oh no they DIDN'T!" and that became a source of amusement for me, heh. But yeah, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone, and don't want to sit through it again. Ever.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Oh, jeez. TRAPPED. Man, that's the worst.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_luaineach/]

I wondered if I just didn't "get" Movie 43 because you know how there are movies like that? Examples off the top of my head are The Life Aquatic which I thought was almost painfully funny and brilliant and I know that a lot of people thought was "just dumb" and Napoleon Dynamite, which bunches of people loved but which I think I was maybe too old for because I thought it was almost unwatchable in its stupidity. So, I thought maybe Movie 43 was like that, and I was just on the wrong side of some appreciation line. But, no. I really think Just. No.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

There are definitely movies that some people just--hook up with, and others don't (I'm thinking of 21 Jump Street which is probably one of my favorite movies of all time) and I can understand each side. Movie 43 sounds like a bad thing all around.

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

Yay for your restraint!

I did not know that Turing was convicted for gross indecency, and not simply for being homosexual, and that despite homosexuality being illegal at the time, there was in place an age of consent for it set at 21. In his situation, his partner was 19 and he 39.
What a conundrum AND a tragedy.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I'm of two minds about that. I mean, yeah, total power differential there, but if homosexuality hadn't been illegal, it would've been a lot easier for him (and his partner) to find more similarly-aged partners.

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

Those are my thoughts as well.
I find it interesting that there were differing ages of consent for heterosexual vs. homosexual relationships, despite it being illegal, and the age of consent being so high.

[zitronenhai.livejournal.com]

I congratulate you on your admirable restraint! I would be very, very difficult not to take that person to school.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

It really, really was.

[alryssa.livejournal.com]

"The gays" just sounds like how you might talk about someone across the street, like "The Smiths".

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I think it's a matter of lumping people together under a single defining characteristic. Like, they're not A Person. They're A Gay--which is pretty dehumanizing.

[alryssa.livejournal.com]

No, I'm aware of that (since I'm in "The Queers" group, apparently). I'm just being facetious.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Oh! ha ha ha ha! I should have known. Apologies. I've been up since 2:30 and let's just say I'm NOT MY BEST right now.

*sigh*

[alryssa.livejournal.com]

I've been up since 11am, I have NO IDEA why I'm still awake, jfc.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Oh my god YOU POOR THING. At least I slept from 10pm to 2:30...

[alryssa.livejournal.com]

I went to bed early last night (well, early for me, about 3am) and then got up at 11 because I couldn't sleep any more and I had to get that turkey in the crock. I think I'm gonna attempt this sleep thing now. *falls flat on face into bed*

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Good luck! Hope you have a great sleep.

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

I didn't wanna touch that one, either.

(I liked Movie 43. I think there's something wrong with me.)

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Yeah, just...how do you respond to that when it's a friend saying it? Yeesh.

It's okay about liking the movie. There's something wrong with all of us!

[siro-gravity.livejournal.com]

HUUUGE gold star for YOU!

(now after reading all these comments I HAVE to go see "movie 43" lol!!)

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Ha! Well, good luck and feel free to report back!

[siro-gravity.livejournal.com]

Yuck!! It looked too boring to watch. Being in the mood for a reeeeally bad movie, however, I opted for ".Com for Murder." It was terrible. Quite fun!