I think his point is $56.77 is a criminally high amount of money for three subs and some wings.

Counter-Counterpoint:
They can easily be abused, especially in the hands of local law enforcement who don’t take to kindly to the laws.

Uh, have you see Felicia Day’s goodreads page? Girl reads ten times more epic fantasy and sci-fi a year than I do, and I read a decent bit. If you have to “earn” your geek cred, she’s earned it 100 times over.

Oh, christ, enough with the gatekeeping. The idea that Felicia Day isn’t enough geek to qualify for the geek treehouse club is insane.

Holy crap, did you just compare a newbie nerding out to someone who steals the identity of an actual war veteran? Are you trying to compare a geek or dern to a war veteran? Because as a lifetime geek, and nerd,who has friends in the military, I find that TERRIBLY offensive. Did you just do that? What a total jackass…

I would posit that the military is the worst example for what you are trying to talk about. Liking something, a lot even, and caring/knowing more about it than practically anyone and participating in something where your life is on the line are very, very different things. Stolen valor is actually stolen valor, stolen…

Dear god, stop being such a elitist tryhard. Seriously, are you listening to yourself? “Hurr durr fuck those fake nerds, we’re the real masterrace!”

I can’t either, but comments around here like “she’s just a fake geek girl with fake tits” gives me some clues.

This is exactly the stuff that Charlie Jane was talking about on her goodbye post. Angry nerds trying to act as gatekeepers because the geek culture is lot more accessible, more mainstream, and many things to more people. Oh no, she’s gotten to nerd stuff late in her life and won’t understand being a nerd! She must be…

Hey, everyone! Pay attention as this dickhead tells us all what it means to be a Geek and/or Nerd. Because this is a thing that one can apparently have the definitive answer as to what it means to everyone.

How could you possibly know they are faux geeks? Is there some registration we have to go through for that? They both always seems knowledgeable and genuine on this shit. Plus, they make stuff more accessible which is always a plus.

I just cannot wrap my head around why this woman gets so much hate amongst geek/nerd community. She’s super funny, smart, enthusiastic, just a fun person. It’s just comes off as very misogynistic and exclusive. “Oh she’s just a hot girl with big boobs she doesn’t know what she’s talking about! She’s fake!”

I like the idea of John Boyega giving everyone presents of himself.

Come now, conservatives don’t read works by female authors unless her name is Ann Coulter.

I, for one, welcome our new Vocaloid overlords.

That’s one point of view. Another is that art should stand on its own, independent of its source. You’re saying we should consider Le Bateau as “good” because it was made by an old guy who previously painted masterpieces but can’t any more. That’s more about Matisse and less about the art itself.

No, that’s not an exception. Not liking something and expressing it poorly doesn’t make one wrong.

Exactly. Great art needs no explanation. Anyone can look at a late-period Rembrandt self-portrait and see the man’s whole life written on his face. That’s what makes him a master. If you need a little 5 minute video to explain why it’s an important work of genius, it probably isn’t one.

Cy Twombly anyone?