[QUOTE=JohnT]
Assuming the sarcasm angle is correct, the guy didn’t help his cause by making pathetic “jokes” about how working for a Pharma firm is worse than raping children.
I have not the slightest idea why anybody would even say such a thing, joking or not.
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You’re an idiot.
[QUOTE=elucidator]
Does the plot include the mythical monster that swallows Greek seamen?
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Is that Scylla or Yanni? 
There is no fucking spoon. It is not the spoon that fucks, it is only yourself.
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp]
Is that Scylla or Yanni?
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You’ve got them confused with Seigfried and Charybdis.
[QUOTE=Sublight]
Chrichton’s been a petty bitch for some time already. He’s a Harvard grad, and you can always tell when a character is meant to be villain because he’ll mention that they went to Yale. That is, if their villain-hood hasn’t already been telegraphed from a mile away.
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That’s being petty? If I were a writer, every hero would be a Yankees or a Giants fan, and every depraved villian would be a Red Sox or Cowboys fan. What he said about the journalist, that’s being petty and nasty. Getting in some good ol’ Harvard / Yale shots - I’m not so sure about that.
rayh, I should have had some kind of smiley on my “Be nice!”. It was an amused “Be nice”, not a scolding one.
[QUOTE=D_Odds]
rayh, I should have had some kind of smiley on my “Be nice!”. It was an amused “Be nice”, not a scolding one.
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I know, but it didn’t work unless I took it seriously. That’s why I put one on mine.
I guess fictionalizing a critic as a baby-raper is easier than, say, actually refuting his argument. Pathetic, really. I hate to think that there are people who get their science from Michael Crichton potboilers.
[QUOTE=Baldwin]
I hate to think that there are people who get their science from Michael Crichton potboilers.
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[QUOTE=Speaker for the Dead]
I think it has to do with the sort of sense of humour one has. I recognised it as sarcasm immediately, since it’s just the sort of joke I would make. It sets you up to expect indignation at one of the most insulting insinuations someone can make about somebody else, and then the “punchline” is something completely unexpected–that he’s more upset about a lesser slight. It’s not funny once it’s explained, but I wanted to provide at least one perspective as to why it was funny.
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A friend once confided in me. She was seeing a divorced man who had children. There were no immediate problems.
But the kids did not “get” Monty Python. So she was worried about the future.
We lost touch, but I hope things worked out.
[QUOTE=Bridget Burke]
A friend once confided in me. She was seeing a divorced man who had children. There were no immediate problems.
But the kids did not “get” Monty Python. So she was worried about the future.
We lost touch, but I hope things worked out.
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Well, much of MP’s humor depends on a British – and British in the '70s – cultural context.
[QUOTE=Apos]
You’re an idiot.
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Really?
You find jokes about rape funny?
Look, Crichton is an asshole, by far the bigger asshole of the two. But you don’t gain any sympathy points by being an asshole back by joking that being employed by a pharma firm is worse than raping children.
If you have trouble understanding this position, please see the relatively recent thread I hate people joking about rape for clarification. I didn’t post to it, but I completely agree with the sentiments of the OP.
[QUOTE=JohnT]
Really?
You find jokes about rape funny?
Look, Crichton is an asshole, by far the bigger asshole of the two. But you don’t gain any sympathy points by being an asshole back by joking that being employed by a pharma firm is worse than raping children.
If you have trouble understanding this position, please see the relatively recent thread I hate people joking about rape for clarification. I didn’t post to it, but I completely agree with the sentiments of the OP.
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He’s not joking about rape, he’s jopking about how ridiculously over the top the attempted character assasination is. If anyone’s making light of child rape, it’s Crichton.
[QUOTE=JohnT]
Really?
You find jokes about rape funny?
Look, Crichton is an asshole, by far the bigger asshole of the two. But you don’t gain any sympathy points by being an asshole back by joking that being employed by a pharma firm is worse than raping children.
If you have trouble understanding this position, please see the relatively recent thread I hate people joking about rape for clarification. I didn’t post to it, but I completely agree with the sentiments of the OP.
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Wow. I thought Apos was being too harsh on you, but he’s right. You really are stupid.
[QUOTE=Raygun99]
He’s not joking about rape, he’s jopking about how ridiculously over the top the attempted character assasination is. If anyone’s making light of child rape, it’s Crichton.
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Exactly. Humor is based on surprise. He has been accused of being something pretty bad and something extremely bad. Which is he more upset about? Well, that’s the surprise. What is he supposed to do? Get outraged? It’s not a good idea to give a fuckwit that kind of control over you.
[QUOTE=Miller]
Wow. I thought Apos was being too harsh on you, but he’s right. You really are stupid.
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I have to agree. Get a grip, JohnT.
[QUOTE=Raygun99]
He’s not joking about rape, he’s jopking about how ridiculously over the top the attempted character assasination is. If anyone’s making light of child rape, it’s Crichton.
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I get that too.
However, two wrongs don’t make a right.
[QUOTE=JohnT]
Really?
You find jokes about rape funny?
Look, Crichton is an asshole, by far the bigger asshole of the two. But you don’t gain any sympathy points by being an asshole back by joking that being employed by a pharma firm is worse than raping children.
If you have trouble understanding this position, please see the relatively recent thread I hate people joking about rape for clarification. I didn’t post to it, but I completely agree with the sentiments of the OP.
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It isn’t a joke about rape, and you really are an idiot. I honestly could not believe your post when I first read it. I couldn’t IMAGINE anyone being SO stupid as to actually strain to read it as literally saying that pharma-shilling is worse than rape. But congrats, you’ve expanded my horizons. Apparently, someone CAN be that bizarrely misguided, so desperate for a quid-pro-quo or some finger-wagging thing to say that they’d actually first read the comment seriously, and then told that it’s a joke, get all huffy about joking about rape. I mean, that’s truly incredible.
Critchon’s hit-bit would have been fair game if it was funny or interesting in some way: instead it was just sort of toss-off lame. And now we’re done with noting what a petty bitch he is.
But you, man, you truly deserve the remainder of this thread. It’s possible that you are, in fact, the pettiest bitch of them all.
You shouldn’t tell jokes about rape. Rape is never a laughing matter.
Unless you’re raping a clown.
[QUOTE=Little Nemo]
You shouldn’t tell jokes about rape. Rape is never a laughing matter.
Unless you’re raping a clown.
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A clown has feelings too.
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal]
A clown has feelings too.
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What about mimes?