The Internets Never Sleep

[mystickeeper]

Firstly, I will remind you all (as Dave reminded me!) that the first Act of Dr. Horrible goes live today! These are only staying live until midnight of July 20th.

I'd really like to know how the conversation went when deciding on the cover of this week's New Yorker. "It's okay for white people to be racist, because we're being ironic!" No

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[brdgt]

I thought the one thing that tempered Wall-E's portrayal of obesity was that the blame was placed on the corporation and not the individuals.

[mystickeeper]

I guess, but to me that suggests the people are all sheep, which is kind of worse?

[ex_hellocth126]

I actually think the New Yorker might have done Obama a favor on this one. They've brought all the insinuations that the right wing has been making about Obama front and center, and showed how stupid, racist, and ignorant said insinuations actually are. It's an excellent piece of satire, really. The problem is the people who are being called to the floor by it are too damn stupid (or willfully ignorant) to realize they've just been served.

But there's little evidence that overeating causes obesity on an individual levelI will guarantee you that anyone who sits in a chair all day drinking cupcakes in a cup is going to turn into a human version of Jabba the Hutt eventually. A majority of people could maintain a healthy body weight if they ate better and exercised. I am rather chunky myself, but I know this is because of my own lifestyle choices and don't try to justify it by lumping myself in with the small percentage of people who have a severe genetic condition that causes obesity. Not being born one of those people whose

[mystickeeper]

Here I will quote a comment in the thread I linked, from ap_racism:
What this reminds me of is an article I just read re: visual literacy, and how it's even more sorely lacking in the US than textual literacy. I absolutely believe it was intended to be satire. But to me that just demonstrates that the people at the New Yorker are out of touch with the fact that a large percentage of the population-- not just a few "paper-doll heads"-- either believe the things portrayed outright or have a nagging feeling that there is *some* truth to them, d/t racism and Islamophobia. I'm sure the editors see this as "over-the-top," but it's not-- not really, and not that far over-the-top. The fact they see it that way tells me that they are in denial about the depth of racism in this country-- a denial which works nicely to perpetuate it. I don't see this as much different from the "ironic" racism in Family Guy, South Park, etc

[ex_hellocth126]

Well okay, let's clarify one thing; I'm not talking about the people who have a few extra pounds, or even 10-20 pounds, extra. I think society freaks out way too much about that, in fact I've often told friends obsessing over the last couple pounds to lighten up and enjoy themselves

[ex_hellocth126]

On a happier note, thanks for reminding me Dr. Horrible came out today! That made my afternoon.

[frecklemehappy]

I want to see Wall-E!

[mystickeeper]

Yes, I'm sorry! Someone pointed this out on my blog, too!