Blather On My Wayward Son [9]

[Col. Khaddafi]

I bet you guys forgot about that one heh?

[Second Harkius]

personas that have been taken:

Hospital security guard
Vengeful rocket scientist
South American office manager who is contemplating an affair
Japanese girl
Navy sailor
Marine
Black dude who is actually white
Australian stoner kid
Angry retired MTGS mod
Nerdy goth who catches pedos for a living
Misogynist beta male who goes X-2 at every FNM
Man who wants to be a woman
Man who was spurned by his girlfriend and can't get over it
Suburbanite wrestling fan who loses to children at card games
Tryhard with a ponytail

I never forgot.

[Second Harkius]

I remember how he claimed to have inside sources at Curse that fed him all of this information that turned out to be totally unfounded and false in every way.

[Second Harkius]

just finished reading the GoT books so now I can act entitled and talk shit about Martin's sluggish pace of writing.

Now you can shit on the people who just watch the show like the rest of us book readers do.

[Col. Khaddafi]

I found this article who mentions the exact words "entitlement generation" and who mentions that some guys who were considered to be too troublesome and toxic got banned from the main GoT internet forum but went on to found their own site wherein they managed to cause even more mayhem. A solid read.

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/ ... t-write-it

[Second Harkius]

"Is Winter Coming?" is basically the DTR of the GoT series. Very amusing site to visit from time to time.

[Second Harkius]

Due to the rise of the Entitlement Generation and the accessibility of the internet, people are more vocal than ever about their hobbies to the point where they feel a sense of ownership about said hobbies. Just read Wrestling Forum or Gamefaqs: fans believe they can create a better product than the writers / developers. I don't think there's anything wrong with this; after all, this type of behavior has been going on for centuries.

Henry Fielding felt that Samuel Richardson's "Pamela" (1740) was entirely unrealistic and disingenuous so he wrote "Shamela" (1741) as a rewrite where the protagonist is a gold-digger instead of an innocent girl who just happens to marry above her social class.

[Checkbox]

If his name is Keith that sucks

that is my name haha how did you come across it? Also I never tweet

[Checkbox]

Cosmos on Netflix is so good

just watched the first episode last night at 2am

[Second Harkius]

Once an artist produces a piece of work and releases it to the public, they shouldn't be surprised to face criticism over A) the work itself or B) their creative output. GRRM complains about being rushed when he's taken 14 years to publish two mediocre books. That's entirely on him: the moment his work output slowed due to disinterest and/or newfound fame, he opened himself up to the criticism of being lazy and unfocused. He seems to have taken the entrenched Rianalnn mentality where his actions (or inactions) are somehow being misinterpreted by a small group of vocal readers when, in reality, his actions (or inactions) have created that very same group of users.

[Second Harkius]

tl;dr - The Entitlement Generation has many faults but their criticism of videogames / music / movies / art isn't what I'd classify as a fault (and it's not unique to this generation - they just seem louder now due to the Internet). More criticism leads to more discussion and more perspectives. Yes, many internet users produce nothing but chaff content but these people can be easily ignored.

[Second Harkius]

Once you pay for something - such a game, book, movie - you've invested in it, both in terms of time and cash. You have a stake in the product being decent because of this investment. That's why people complain over bad DLCs after they've bought a game's season pass: the product is inferior to what they expected to get. This is identical to getting a subpar meal at an expensive restaurant.

GRRM doesn't seem to understand that people have invested years into his books and characters, so by taking forever to produce new content, he's essentially biting the hand that has fed him (quite well!) for many years. Basically he's "spurning" his fanbase while accusing them of being the bad guys.

[Second Harkius]

Now being unable to handle criticism while giving tons of criticism of their own is what I'd consider a fault of the Entitlement Generation.

[Second Harkius]

But that, my friends, is a rant for another time.

[Captain Murphy]

If his name is Keith that sucks

that is my name haha how did you come across it? Also I never tweet

I'm outside your window

[Checkbox]

My window is a second floor window with an air conditioner in it

therefore, I'm impressed

[Checkbox]

Also I just got home for the first time in 15 hours so I hope I didn't keep you waiting long

[Kaitscralt]

Once you pay for something - such a game, book, movie - you've invested in it, both in terms of time and cash. You have a stake in the product being decent because of this investment. That's why people complain over bad DLCs after they've bought a game's season pass: the product is inferior to what they expected to get. This is identical to getting a subpar meal at an expensive restaurant.

GRRM doesn't seem to understand that people have invested years into his books and characters, so by taking forever to produce new content, he's essentially biting the hand that has fed him (quite well!) for many years. Basically he's "spurning" his fanbase while accusing them of being the bad guys.

all while being grotesquely obese and at risk of
dying from fat overdose every day without finishing it

[Alex]

Once an artist produces a piece of work and releases it to the public, they shouldn't be surprised to face criticism over A) the work itself or B) their creative output. GRRM complains about being rushed when he's taken 14 years to publish two mediocre books. That's entirely on him: the moment his work output slowed due to disinterest and/or newfound fame, he opened himself up to the criticism of being lazy and unfocused. He seems to have taken the entrenched Rianalnn mentality where his actions (or inactions) are somehow being misinterpreted by a small group of vocal readers when, in reality, his actions (or inactions) have created that very same group of users.

It's true, they were pretty mediocre.

[Blackhound]

Now being unable to handle criticism while giving tons of criticism of their own is what I'd consider a fault of the Entitlement Generation.

I remember being like this.

[Blackhound]

R.I.P Ein

[DroppinSuga]

personas that have been taken:

Hospital security guard
Vengeful rocket scientist
South American office manager who is contemplating an affair
Japanese girl
Navy sailor
Marine
Black dude who is actually white
Australian stoner kid
Angry retired MTGS mod
Nerdy goth who catches pedos for a living
Misogynist beta male who goes X-2 at every FNM
Man who wants to be a woman
Man who was spurned by his girlfriend and can't get over it
Suburbanite wrestling fan who loses to children at card games
Tryhard with a ponytail

Wait, am I the wrestling fan?

[Second Harkius]

who else could you be?

[Checkbox]

gogo tryhard with a ponytail

[( G_R )]

Your tl;dr was tl;dr

[Second Harkius]

go have an affair.

[DroppinSuga]

IN THE NAVY, YOU CAN SAIL THE SEVEN SEAS

[Mcdonalds]

Whose the hospital security guard?

[imopen2]

h*****s

[Second Harkius]

haiku

[Second Harkius]

haiku

[Kaitscralt]

hey remember when harku said he was protecting someones sandwich, was that the earliest subway clue?

[Second Harkius]

he also said the hospital went on lockdown because someone left an unattended lunchbox somewhere.

[( G_R )]

Karaoke night last night. My throat is #StillSore.

[Blackhound]

What did you sing.

[Kaitscralt]

the guat national anthem

[Second Harkius]

he sang a bunch of lies to his wife covering up where he really was.

[Second Harkius]

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[Second Harkius]

who created more dead forums that nobody will ever post it??????????????????????????????????????

[Gatts]

The fuck is Kaijudo?