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[–] 52 points 4 months ago* (25 children)

(as i wrote last time this was posted here)

he followed up to simultaneously say he was joking while also doubling down 🤦

screenshot of follow-up tweet linked below

https://xcancel.com/theronster/status/1538239717032042497

also... blurring his name was really not necessary; he's so proud of this that a screenshot of his reddit comment about it is still his pinned tweet four years later.

and it's also his twitter bio now:screenshot of twitter profile
Aaron Abernethy
@theronster
the ultimate authority on Star Wars and its relationship to 20th century warfare
Belfast, Northern Ireland
about.me/aaronabernethy/
with pinned tweet from 18 June 2022 with screenshot of reddit comment (OCR'd below):
So... this is me, and apparently flat affect irony is something that a lot of people in the US can't
parse. Sorry for that.
I'm afraid, to spoil the fun, I was very aware of the allegory and was attempting some very light
irony that seemed to be missed. But, when all is said and done, I know the rules ofthe internet. I
should have put a /s or some sort of emoji to illustrate my feelings, and I should have realised
that the bad-faith brigade would assume it was a face-value response.
Im not going to delete the tweet or anything, people are enjoying themselves and who amIget
in the way ofthat.
And for a little context, Im a 44 year old who is pretty much in love with pre-1990 cinema,
especially the first wave of movie brats. Im actually NOT a huge Star Wars fan, but Im very aware
ofthe stories behind making it, since Tve heavily studied the story of American Zoetrope and the
personalities that encircled it.
And, yes, as someone pointed out, lam from Northern Ireland, and while you would think that
would give me a heightened awareness of querrilla warfare, it's mostiy NOT jungle and swamp
here, despite what the postcards would imply.
Anyway, hey everyone, Im Aaron, Im here to be dunked on by the internet - its my turn

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago

    Got to love how this douche nozzle completely forgets that Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon fucking existed and what they were responsible for. (that's not even mentioning that fuckstick Henry Killmonger)

    Oh yeah, there's no chance that Lucas could have been thinking of America as the evil empire back in 1975... 🙄😒

    What a twat

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (14 children)

    Fr? I always had the impression that the Empire was somewhat inspired by Nazi Germany and the rebels were the resistance. Some of the helmets imperials wear in SW are kinda sus.

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  • [–] 22 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    I mean both can be true, story inspired by Vietnam war, visuals inspired by Nazi Germany

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  • [–] -1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (7 children)

    Hitler Palpatine's personal guard is literally called the Stormtroopers (in German Schutzstaffel, better known as S.S.)

    Edit: read zaphod's comment below.

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  • [–] 15 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    Palpatine's personal guard is the Praetorian Guard (they wear red uniforms). Stormtroopers (mostly white uniforms) are named after the german Sturmtruppen (literal translation), that's WW1 stuff, not WW2 and has nothing to do with the SS.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    George L. really doesn't seem to give an F about changing the names, as The Praetorian Guard was the imperial guard of the Imperial Roman army that served various roles for the Roman emperor.

    George RR M. At least made York into Stark and Lancaster into Lannister.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    I think when it comes to text people need to just include something to denote sarcasm or irony. You can't read tone properly in text. Books can add color in the form of adjectives but outside of silliness we don't add something like "he/she quipped sarcastically" into our own comments.

    I think full adoption of the /s would be prudent for online discussions and comments with people that don't know you personally.

    Although it would be hilarious to add "I said, dripping with sarcasm" to the end of statements.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    You don't need tone for sarcasm, because it can be inferred from context. Check out British ("dry") sarcasm.

    Announcing your sarcasm is like explaining your joke. If you need to do it, you've failed, and it falls flat. At that point, it's better to just not be sarcastic in the first place.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    There can be vast differences in reading comprehension and contextual tone recognition.

    As an easy example think of the many degrees of neurodivergency.

    Secondly, British sarcasm and indeed a lot of British communication in general comes from the intention to be deliberately vague, so as to bake plausible deniability in to the responses given.

    It can be inferred, but it's not a guarantee.

    That being said this guy seems to just be a prick trying to walk back something that blew up in his face.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    I'm quite familiar. And in plain text it's often lost on those that would benefit from understanding it. In some contexts it doesn't matter. In others it does. Sometimes clarity is more important than whether or not it falls flat.

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