Alright, ICP might be the worst thing to ever come out of my home state since Mitt Romney, but you LEAVE FAYGO OUT OF THIS.

Alright, ICP might be the worst thing to ever come out of my home state since Mitt Romney, but you LEAVE FAYGO OUT OF THIS.

I dunno, but I heard some rumors about a career-changing comeback near the end of 2012.

I dunno, but I heard some rumors about a career-changing comeback near the end of 2012.

Hmmm. Harrison Ford got his big break in Hollywood after starting as a carpenter.

Hmmm. Harrison Ford got his big break in Hollywood after starting as a carpenter.

So "mean world theory" has no merit?  Of course people are affected in the long-term media—my grad work took a long hard look at this.

So "mean world theory" has no merit?  Of course people are affected in the long-term media—my grad work took a long hard look at this.

I totally agree that guilt is a useful and necessary process to attaining social justice and equality; guilt is an important part of empathy, which is necessary for the elimination of negative labels marking disadvantaged groups as "the other".

I totally agree that guilt is a useful and necessary process to attaining social justice and equality; guilt is an important part of empathy, which is necessary for the elimination of negative labels marking disadvantaged groups as "the other".

@avclub-1d04064d540beb34e0cc414561bc6f35:disqus  it is precisely the fact that people DON'T treat stuff like this as an issue that is, itself, an issue.

@avclub-1d04064d540beb34e0cc414561bc6f35:disqus  it is precisely the fact that people DON'T treat stuff like this as an issue that is, itself, an issue.

I would assume from the context that what they meant was "men are usually the perpetrators of sexual violence", rather than "rape is something than men usually do".  And that they feel a certain amount of guilt about this.  In the same sense, white people (me) often feel a certain amount of weird guilt about racism.…

I would assume from the context that what they meant was "men are usually the perpetrators of sexual violence", rather than "rape is something than men usually do".  And that they feel a certain amount of guilt about this.  In the same sense, white people (me) often feel a certain amount of weird guilt about racism.…

It's not really an empty statement, but a philosophical viewpoint in multiple fields of critical studies.  Ever hear of "the male gaze" in film or television?  It's a real thing.  I don't know if I agree specifically with broad statements like "comedy is built on a foundation of mysoginy", but it's closer to being…

It's not really an empty statement, but a philosophical viewpoint in multiple fields of critical studies.  Ever hear of "the male gaze" in film or television?  It's a real thing.  I don't know if I agree specifically with broad statements like "comedy is built on a foundation of mysoginy", but it's closer to being…

Yeah I had to mute the TV, we just saw that last week.  Puts rape jokes in a whole other context—the context where it's horrifying sexual assault, instead of "shock humor".

Yeah I had to mute the TV, we just saw that last week.  Puts rape jokes in a whole other context—the context where it's horrifying sexual assault, instead of "shock humor".

I do (personally) think that Tosh is sexist.  And maybe he's not, and if so great!  And if he is, well, a lot of people are.  But that's not the issue.The issue isn't what he IS, the issue is what he DID.  All things told I could give a fuck if Tosh is or isn't a truly sexist person.  But what he DID—what HE did, as a…

Your internet comment was so perfect in every way that now I've got "Call Me Maybe" stuck in my head, and I'm not even kidding a little bit.  Thank you for putting this so eloquently.