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[-] [email protected] 66 points 2 years ago

macfarlane seems surprisingly open minded considering the bottom tier humor he's spouted through family guy for so many years. the trans episodes of the orville seemed really on point to me

[-] [email protected] 52 points 2 years ago

I think he grew over time, as a lot of us did.

[-] [email protected] -4 points 2 years ago

That or he just doesn't want to get "cancelled"

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

MacFarlane has been progressive for longer than the term cancelled existed in that way, I don't think he was worried about that. He was progressive in a time when conservative humor didn't suck and wasn't universally hated, he could have kept down that path if he really wanted.

[-] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago

Just because your mind may be in the gutter, doesn't mean others aren't welcome. Farts are funny, regardless of one's identity.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

I found this nearly poetic, but then I ripped one and giggled.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

Some people like to say things like "hate the man, but the love the artist" in reference to people like Roman Polanski, who are just monsters that made some of the greatest art of the 20th century. MacFarlane is kind of my example of the opposite of that: "love the man, but hate the artist." He's so painfully unfunny, but the direction he took the Orville in where it basically became what contemporary Star Trek should be, dealing with contemporary sociopolitical issues while being overtly anti-capitalist, is genuinely refreshing. If nothing else, he's used his influence in the industry to secure a space for talented and progressive writers to craft some genuinely engaging good, issue focused science-fiction. So, kudos.

[-] [email protected] 59 points 2 years ago

There's an entire website based largely around people mindlessly parroting catchphrases to each other, there's more of these people around than we'd like to think.

[-] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Google en passant

[-] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago

Me fail English? That's unpossible!

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago
[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Lisa needs braces!

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Works on contingency? No! Money down!

[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago
[-] [email protected] 29 points 2 years ago

Any of the reddit default subs.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago
[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

It's for church honey. NEXT!

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

These pretzels are making me thirsty!

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the bronze kind kangaroo

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Let's not pretend like there aren't multiple websites where that happens. Lemmy websites included.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Lemmy's thing is more "communist textwall" than anything else.

[-] [email protected] 44 points 2 years ago

Guy came out, got accepted, and that hurt him?

[-] [email protected] 43 points 2 years ago

Slang use of hurt. It’s like a “this is such a weird situation it hurts, but not really” it can also definitely mean good but in an uncomfortable way, like if the person your you only met because your parents insisted they’d be good for you turned out to be the best date you’ve ever had. idk how to really explain it. I think it’s American gen-z queer slang based on who I’d speak like that to and expect any comprehension.

So in context it’s more like “I don’t think y’all understand how weird of a position family guy can put you into”

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

So "you don't know how much that stings".

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

gen z making shit up 'cause they're basically illiterate, but somehow can only understand nuances from 1-minute videos that pander to 11-year-olds

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

insults an entire generation

does it by saying they lack the capacity for nuance

Huh.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

case in point

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Well you can't expect people to get that slang if you use it like doublespeak. Most people will still interpret the word as its classic dictionary meaning.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

No offense, but you’re clearly not the target audience of that tumblr post. I wouldn’t speak like that here, but I do on my tumblr account. Just like how 90s kids wouldn’t call something sick to their grandparents unless it’s feeling unwell.

The target audience understood the meaning of the post, I saw it, laughed, and thought that it was sweet that oop and their dad are able to connect even if they barely understand each other. My wife felt the same way.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

What are you talking about? That's literally how slang works?

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

not in a situation where the original use makes more sense than the slang use, and the slang use is already close in meaning to the original use. 🤷

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The post didn't say that OP was upset? It's just how Dad frames things. If they are upset at all, it's that Dad has a really odd weird stunted way of understanding the world.

[-] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago

OP literally claims the shows have hurt them...

[-] [email protected] -3 points 2 years ago

Some people want to be victims

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Lmao you literally post in conservative.

[-] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago
[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

It's ironic that you're saying other people are always trying to be the victim when that's modern conservatism in a nutshell.

[-] [email protected] 32 points 2 years ago

I think I'd be a little hurt if my family had to view a fundamental thing about myself through the lens of an animated sitcom to understand it, but not like proper hurt.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

"Dad, I'm trans"

"Is this a JoJo reference?"

[-] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago

Slightly off topic, but king of the hills drag queen episode is one of the most wholesome things on TV.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Hey! I got that YouTube video recommended by the algorithm too.

ADD: For those wondering, it's an essay by Lily Simpson.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Not sure which video you're referring to but I'd love to watch it if you have a link handy. That episode just stood out to me.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

It's a video essay by Lily Simpson, they seem to be on a quest to analyze all pop media that touches trans issues or represents trans people.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I don't remember this. Can you share the link?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Added to the comment.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

I heard the dad in Peter's voice.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Nyeheheheheheheheh

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