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hallidae ([info]hallidae) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2007-06-21 09:13:00


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"Worth Mocking!" "Is not!" "Is too!"
I know, I know, wank from [info]mock_the_stupid is like shooting ducks in a barrel of honey, but still-

A post is made, mocking a Ugandan AIDS education pamphlet for including what would seem to us to be really obvious information but apparently...isn't to them.

Many commentors think the poster has gone to the wrong place, and aren't really seeing anything worth pointing and LOLing at, considering the actual AIDS education situation in Uganda.

Mod Opalcat, however, isn't at all happy with the people criticizing her decision that it's mockworthy, and after arguing with a handful of commentors in aforelinked threads, posts a comments-locked modpost:

10:32 pm - MTS is not PC. And it isn't going to be.

If you can't live with that, please don't let the door hit ya.

The overkill PC whinging is really fucking tiring. We get it already. Get over it or leave. Honestly.


This brings more comments to the original post, mostly by people venting what they couldn't say in the modpost.

Of course, there are also others who think the mock is perfectly hilarious and are quick to call those who don't oversensitive PC pussies defend the post's merits.

Relatively small, but considering the modpost, I thought it had progressed beyond the clairvoyant stage.


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[info]altoidsaddict
2007-06-21 03:37 pm UTC (link)
I loved that someone threw in Christianity. Americans do plenty of stupid shit too, but we don't see it because we're viewing it from our perspective. Myself, I'd probably compare this pamphlet to the fact that we need an entire online database of urban legends to debunk shit that makes no damn sense. ("Proctor & Gamble is Satanic!")

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[info]altoidsaddict
2007-06-21 03:38 pm UTC (link)
*note - not trying to dis Christianity, just that it sounds kinda silly. And my own religion believes that bushes speak to you but only when they're on fire, so YMMV.

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[info]vigilanterodent
2007-06-21 03:59 pm UTC (link)
Hey, I fully cop to the fact that my religious beliefs are completely fucking insane. God is three figures but one figure at the same time, and one of those figures is a zombie Jewish carpenter who happens to be the messiah? What the hell?

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[info]barankhy
2007-06-21 04:02 pm UTC (link)
So, comparing the amount of sockpuppets, we can conclude that Msscribe > God ._O ?

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[info]eljuno
2007-06-21 10:34 pm UTC (link)
Also, God is his own dad.

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[info]seiberwing
2007-06-21 04:21 pm UTC (link)
This was actually brought up.

The beardlings are sad now.

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[info]altoidsaddict
2007-06-21 04:56 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, that's the comment I was referring to.

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[info]seiberwing
2007-06-21 05:02 pm UTC (link)
Ah, right.

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[info]wrongly_amused
2007-06-21 08:26 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, it's not like this country supports a statistically destructive abstinence-only program in significant portions of its school systems. No sirree!

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I HAS SOLUTION, BUT I EATED IT. (It tastes like lemon squares!)
[info]altoidsaddict
2007-06-21 11:41 pm UTC (link)
Oh, abstinence-only programs don't work, since they acknowledge sex exists if only to avoid it. Personally, I see a huge rise in teen sex right around the time it stopped being mandatory for girls to take home ec. Since idle hands lead to sinnin' in the back of a Chevy, I propose that we keep all them gals busy knitting scarves for their boyfriends. Problem solved!

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Re: I HAS SOLUTION, BUT I EATED IT. (It tastes like lemon squares!)
[info]queencallipygos
2007-06-22 09:24 pm UTC (link)
Oh, God, no, that means a greater market for "Fun Fur," and we already have plenty of people attempting to make garments that look like they skinned a Muppet.

(/end knitting snobbery)

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Re: I HAS SOLUTION, BUT I EATED IT. (It tastes like lemon squares!)
[info]heddychaa
2007-06-25 07:14 am UTC (link)
I rather enjoyed the "Bling Bling" yarn I saw on my last trip to Michaels!

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Re: I HAS SOLUTION, BUT I EATED IT. (It tastes like lemon squares!)
[info]queencallipygos
2007-06-25 01:29 pm UTC (link)
Some of the "fur" yarn is fun, and others are good for accents. I actually do have a fun-fur "muppet skin" scarf. But some find it a little too tempting to overdo it.

And I've gotten to be kind of a snob about this, and freely admit it. :-)

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Re: I HAS SOLUTION, BUT I EATED IT. (It tastes like lemon squares!)
[info]chibicurmudgeon
2007-07-05 07:17 am UTC (link)
I actually like the yarn, but refuse to use it because of the name.

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