{"topics":[{"id":"5571f4ec636872748dc90500","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@SquiggyBomb\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/5571f4296368725f29aa0b00#post_5571f4296368725f29aa0b00\r\nOctodad can do anything.\r\n\r\n\r\n...\r\n\r\nOr he created the octarians. His legacy...to sire a race of villains.\r\n\r\n!http://i.imgur.com/rfFWukr.gif!","author":"500757fd7f123b75a90003b1"},{"id":"5571f50d63687214a3360400","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@Too_Offensive\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/5571f4ca6368726594101a00#post_5571f4ca6368726594101a00\r\nKND was far better than it should have been.","author":"4fde4618945b700aa0002fff"},{"id":"5571f5106368721e154f0300","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@Carcass Strife\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/5571f45a63687265941f1900#post_5571f45a63687265941f1900\r\nHE'S AN OCTOPUS I TELL YA \r\nAN OCTOPUS IN A SUIT! \r\n*AN OCTOPUS!*","author":"500b587e7f123b1f230014a9"},{"id":"5571f57c636872748ddc0600","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@Too_Offensive\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/5571f5106368721e154f0300#post_5571f5106368721e154f0300\r\nYou must be going crazy, that's clearly a normal human.","author":"5446fcfc6368723ec21a0000"},{"id":"5571f58b6368721e151e0400","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@SquiggyBomb\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/5571f50d63687214a3360400#post_5571f50d63687214a3360400\r\n^actually I just made that up^ \r\n^~OR DID I~^\r\n\r\nbut yeah, nah, that show had no right to have been nearly as good as it was ","author":"500b587e7f123b1f230014a9"},{"id":"5571f6106368725f297f0f00","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@Too_Offensive\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/5571f58b6368721e151e0400#post_5571f58b6368721e151e0400\r\nI remember the episode where Numbah 4 got sent into the future and found that instead of the kids fighting the adults it was the girls and boys waging war with each other. And then he had to set things right.","author":"4fde4618945b700aa0002fff"},{"id":"5571f6236368721e15230500","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@SquiggyBomb\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/5571ed8763687215132a3300#post_5571ed8763687215132a3300\r\nThis isn't a mandate it's a private method i use to avoid letting the fact i have only met 5-8 African Americans in my entire life prevent me from having a diverse cast, And i feel it can help other writers break out of a bubble they don't even notice, It's not about \"you must do this!\" and more about \"Doing this shouldn't cause any harm and may do some good,\"","author":"509f70a87f123b77eb0004fd"},{"id":"5571f6986368721e15e10500","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@SquiggyBomb\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/5571f6106368725f297f0f00#post_5571f6106368725f297f0f00\r\nI have to wonder what the adults were doing in that timeline.\r\n\r\ndo you think the rest of the world was under their control?\r\n\r\n...oh my.","author":"500757fd7f123b75a90003b1"},{"id":"5571f6a963687223a3530500","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@Thanotos Omega\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/5571f6236368721e15230500#post_5571f6236368721e15230500\r\n[bq=\"Thanotos Omega\"]\"@SquiggyBomb\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/5571ed8763687215132a3300#post_5571ed8763687215132a3300\r\nThis isn't a mandate it's a private method i use to avoid letting the fact i have only met 5-8 African Americans in my entire life prevent me from having a diverse cast, And i feel it can help other writers break out of a bubble they don't even notice, It's not about \"you must do this!\" and more about \"Doing this shouldn't cause any harm and may do some good,\"[/bq]\r\nThe reason why everyone hates your ideology is that you want 1984 with you as the leader.  The other reason why your ideology is so horrible is that it literally is cultural communism.  Cultural communism is the belief that society is like a monolith that you \"have\" to topple and become the new leader in order to \"properly guide\" society to a \"correct\" path.\r\n\r\nSide note: if you have never read 1984 then holy fuck do you need to read it.","author":"38b55cdf63616403d7560600"},{"id":"5571f70a6368725f29ee1100","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@SquiggyBomb\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/5571f6106368725f297f0f00#post_5571f6106368725f297f0f00\r\n[bq=\"SquiggyBomb\"]\"@Too_Offensive\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/5571f58b6368721e151e0400#post_5571f58b6368721e151e0400\r\nI remember the episode where Numbah 4 got sent into the future and found that instead of the kids fighting the adults it was the girls and boys waging war with each other. And then he had to set things right.[/bq]\r\nI remember that episode; it was a good episode.","author":"38b55cdf63616403d7560600"},{"id":"5571f79f6368726085ac0400","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@uc9\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/5571f6a963687223a3530500#post_5571f6a963687223a3530500\r\nIts rather frightening how plausible that setting has become with the advancement of science.","author":"500757fd7f123b75a90003b1"},{"id":"5571f7ae63687279f6a80a00","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@uc9\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/5571f70a6368725f29ee1100#post_5571f70a6368725f29ee1100\r\nIt was two-parter. It started with Numbah 4 getting shipped off to -Prison- -Hell- Boarding School.","author":"4fde4618945b700aa0002fff"},{"id":"5571f7d86368726085090500","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@Princess♠Molestia\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/5571f79f6368726085ac0400#post_5571f79f6368726085ac0400\r\n[bq=\"Princess♠Molestia\"]\"@uc9\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/5571f6a963687223a3530500#post_5571f6a963687223a3530500\r\nIts rather frightening how plausible that setting has become with the advancement of science.[/bq]\r\nThere *LITERALLY* is a military program called Skynet.","author":"38b55cdf63616403d7560600"},{"id":"5571f87263687223a35f0800","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@uc9\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/5571f7d86368726085090500#post_5571f7d86368726085090500\r\nThat's just tempting fate that is.","author":"500757fd7f123b75a90003b1"},{"id":"5571f8a463687279f6700c00","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@uc9\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/5571f7d86368726085090500#post_5571f7d86368726085090500\r\n[bq] There *LITERALLY* is a military program called Skynet.[/bq]\r\n!//derpicdn.net/img/2014/1/1/512067/medium.png!:/512067","author":"5007bbdf7f123b112f00023a"},{"id":"5571f8c46368722c20880300","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@Thanotos Omega\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/5571f6236368721e15230500#post_5571f6236368721e15230500\r\nThat's what people like you always say and yet they bitch when someone doesn't exactly adhere to their idea of diversity.\r\n\r\nThis whole whining for diversity is ridiculously overblown and petty. You could think there were no worse problems, that things like racism are pretty much beaten, that they complain so much about minor crap like this. But even when incidents, like the Mike Brown one, happen, that show clearly that it's not the case, these people care more about \"diversity\" in media than, you know, actual issues.\r\n\r\nDo these people seriously believe that fiction has such a big impact on real life that diversity is such a huge issue? If they do, they really need a reality check.","author":"5179b098a4c72d9b7f0028ee"},{"id":"5571fa526368720173830200","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@uc9\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/5571f7d86368726085090500#post_5571f7d86368726085090500\r\n^and a company called irobot^","author":"500b587e7f123b1f230014a9"},{"id":"5571fa546368725f29d01800","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@Dashu\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/5571f8c46368722c20880300#post_5571f8c46368722c20880300\r\nWhite doll effect, our arts are so built on the concept of white being correct and normal that it completely overpowers normal beauty perceptions and makes children believe white people are by default the best, this as you can see is a problem when a person assumes that an entire race is better by default it effects them, and as i noted once before you can't use that argument without accepting that we then have to drop every other issue to wipe out child sex slavery, the existence of a bigger problem does not remove all other issues from the world, If my dad was raised with black people in media being shown in the same way as white people would he be as likely to and i kid you not call me a \"Nigger lover\" because i don't think unarmed people should be shot in the back?","author":"509f70a87f123b77eb0004fd"},{"id":"5571fa8b63687223a3040c00","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@SquiggyBomb\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/5571f7ae63687279f6a80a00#post_5571f7ae63687279f6a80a00\r\nNumbah 4 is getting into weird things before. He was shipped off to Monkey Island because he doesn't like hugs. LOL Strong guy motif doesn't roll right.","author":"505696b47f123b37e800effa"},{"id":"5571fac9636872748d711100","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"Personally I would say diversity in media could be a good thing. It can speak to a larger demographic of people and make them feel included. Just...ya know. Have a good story and character behind it.\r\n\r\nMyself. I couldn't give less of a shit if your protagonist is a black girl, white boy, indian transgender, or a squid now kid now as long as the story is good.\r\n\r\n!http://screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/Andrew-Garfield-Wants-Amazing-Spider-Man-to-Pass-Torch-to-Miles-Morales.jpg!\r\n\r\nOh Miles morales...How I love thee.\r\n\r\n\"@Dashu\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/5571f8c46368722c20880300#post_5571f8c46368722c20880300\r\nActuaaaaallly. It has been documented that fiction can have an impact on a persons views. Like how people say \"this book changed how I look at things.\"","author":"500757fd7f123b75a90003b1"},{"id":"5571fb1463687223a3fa0c00","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@Thanotos Omega\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/5571fa546368725f29d01800#post_5571fa546368725f29d01800\r\nDude; hold on a second.  What you are spouting is *LITERALLY* cultural communism; you're *LITERALLY* spouting, not metaphorically, communism.","author":"38b55cdf63616403d7560600"},{"id":"5571fb7f63687223a3d60d00","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@Princess♠Molestia\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/5571fac9636872748d711100#post_5571fac9636872748d711100\r\nExactly, I'm not calling for changing everyones race and making the story go off the rails for a special message, i'm just saying what's the harm in looking at your characters and making a few changes to help be more inclusive?","author":"509f70a87f123b77eb0004fd"},{"id":"5571fc116368722c20f00800","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@Thanotos Omega\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/5571fb7f63687223a3d60d00#post_5571fb7f63687223a3d60d00\r\n[bq=\"Thanotos Omega\"]\"@Princess♠Molestia\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/5571fac9636872748d711100#post_5571fac9636872748d711100\r\nExactly, I'm not calling for changing everyones race and making the story go off the rails for a special message, i'm just saying what's the harm in looking at your characters and making a few changes to help be more inclusive?[/bq]\r\nOi; remember the argument we had the other day about how the people who say \"only 20% of video games feature a female protagonist\" are fucking liars because they're counting total games overall to fudge their numbers, because they're counting games like tetris or such to bump down the number of women in games? . . you're doing that again.","author":"38b55cdf63616403d7560600"},{"id":"5571fc216368725f297e1c00","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@Thanotos Omega\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/5571fa546368725f29d01800#post_5571fa546368725f29d01800\r\nI read that post 5 times and I'm still not sure what you're trying to say. It's like you talk about three things at same fucking time and the only thing I got is that your father is an asshole. Do you actually talk like that in real life too? If yes, how are people even able to understand you?","author":"5179b098a4c72d9b7f0028ee"},{"id":"5571fc376368722c20300900","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@Thanotos Omega\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/5571fb7f63687223a3d60d00#post_5571fb7f63687223a3d60d00\r\n[bq=\"Thanotos Omega\"]\"@Princess♠Molestia\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/5571fac9636872748d711100#post_5571fac9636872748d711100\r\nExactly, I'm not calling for changing everyones race and making the story go off the rails for a special message, i'm just saying what's the harm in looking at your characters and making a few changes to help be more inclusive?[/bq]\r\n\r\nwhy the fuck would you wanna be inclusive, christ.","author":"37e5b9d66361642500af5e00"}]}