Bans & Warnings (Hot) Off-Topic (Hangout)

dragonchild (4216637)

. . . and? No one with ambitions beyond merely shoveling a commodity, whether it's romance or whatever, would tout the of the market as any sort of vindication. If anything, it highlights the difference between the pressure to commodify and the pursuit of an art. It's a choice most writers have to confront at some point, and it's no secret where the hell the money's at. I'm sure there are terrific romance stories out there, but they're the one that blew up sales records. It's not strictly a romance thing; the highest-grossing "sci-fi" movie is . The fans have spoken, and they want schlock. You want romance to be taken seriously, but you're touting its commodification? You do realize I'm not an investor, right? FWIW fantasy's my thing and it's taken even seriously than romance; it's just as escapist but without the financial success so what the bloody hell are doing with our sweat and time. Thing is, I'm not in denial about the quality of the average fantasy work. It'd be easy for me to say its relative obscurity has spared it from the curse of commodification, but even established fantasy authors lament that most writers of the last two generations are either still chasing the ghost of Tolkien or just trying to get their old D&D campaigns in published form. So it's mostly crap, without even a convenient excuse. FFS two of the most celebrated epics of the last twenty years both infamously . But I'm not bothered by any of this. I don't take personally the collective disdain directed at fantasy. I see it as a challenge. Now, the question is, does that make you feel better? Does it make me appear more impartial, if I show a willingness to confront the issues of my own genre with just as harsh a light? Because if so, that's a serious problem.

Farooq (2765792)

You should post it in an Israel thread. Also, why do you use this thread to post your Israeli propaganda? Is this really the place to show your feelings about an apartheid state? Didn't you make a Jewish thread?

Unknown Soldier (3184454)

No they weren't But keep trying to justify your $1000 phones LMAO. I'm getting rich from you guys because my stock in the $1000 phone companies keeps going up

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (3237502)

Why are you digging up articles from like three weeks ago. Oh, that's right it's AJ

reKon (27070)

Wait until you all figure out how many hidden features are on these forums. Maybe I've been blind because I didn't really go on any other forums. I think there are some other goodies, but I like this a lot better. After the dark theme comes, we'll just need a few more enhancements.

INST (7606124)

Man, someone needs to punch Suarez in the throat and then fuck his legs up so he can never play again. Such a cunt.

scourge_of_tirany (4044314)

if you are not confortable here the right thing to do is leave,best whishes

Fruity Loops (1206653)

All credible accounts by historians that actually looked into the matter showed they were greedy, produced way more than they could consume, and abused the trust of the state. They had to go. Give me something from, for instance, the New York Times. All my sources in this thread were from there.

Azureth (1204075)

quit impeding job creation and economic growth with over-burdensome regulations and taxes. Those are the things that kill entrepreneurship and corporate expansion, the two most critical ingredients of job creation; i.e., employment.

Freezasaurus (7606723)

Could it be the makeup? There's something about her look when she's on TV that doesn't do her any favors.

half a moon (7606249)

Ruby doesn’t look like an ugly bird here

intothesiege (4671567)

did yall know that Thor is the Goddest Bast's uncle?

The Kree (1700952)

How many is a lot, because there are like 736548674946 movies and TV shows about the holocaust and like a dozen of them are about Magneto. C'mon. The change would be a drop in the bucket. Handwringing about hypothetical outrage is ridiculous. Thanks for letting me have the last word.

Subconian Dreamer (5165063)

And seriously go fuck yourself telling me I'm fine with pregnant women being bullied when the entire time I've spoken about the issue it's been about Barnaby and saying that the focus on the affair itself was off base. Maybe you'd have a chip on your shoulder against people that told you that actually the 120 million dollar taxpayer funded public debate about your humanity was a good thing too if you had to go through it, you sanctimonious shit.

Chumley (191175)

Does he know where he is? Does he realize people get murdered in Brazil?

Maven (5408134)

You dumbass You’re fucking stupid Don’t talk about our championships here like you know fucking anything about the Broncos and their chips

lemmykoopah (4268603)

Oh absolutely Brandson, but I didn't like the tone of Aztec his TA call. A little too much FUD.

Spuck- (4190685)

If you're 'in fiat', you should probably keep it there instead of rolling the dice on incredibly manipulated, unsecured stocks.

Imp the Dimp (4055312)

When will GPUs be affordable again? I'm blaming you guys.

johnny5 (3366823)

I am not endorsing it, but if anyone wants to join a discord chat that aims to be ahead of the trading or just see what a pump group looks like, message me.

The Giant (2332468)

So doctors can't say the word obese as it might offend people? How about fat cunt?

Jerry (7305803)

Looks like the Liverpool players only get motivated after a bus gets smashed or someone gets stabbed

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (7461862)

We can't talk about past things that lead to where we are right now?

AlmostHuman (2809918)

You guys have football. I don't know why are you watching this joke.

Lashley (6910812)

I SCARE the hierarchy! (Nah it's usually some biased mod like toonlink banning the steam users that time when the switch fans came in the steam thread and trolled us)

DrM (6780359)

Well, his sister is much chubbier this year....

RupertM (6979241)

But this is why modern journalism is a stigma on democracy. In this case, I had read the entire memo so could immideately notice the spin the journalist put on it. But in 99.99999% journalists report based on unnamed sources or unrevealed material. How are we to know whether the journalists are spinning or reporting. I think this is one of the reasons the press's approval ratings are so low. Spinning is for politicians not journalists.

Theorry (4383194)

Cantaim (7386770)

See ya dorks in a week

Phonomezer (7014411)

Oh you'll live (The aborted foetuses won't tho) xoxo

Phonomezer (483614)

Jihyo and Dahyun serving Ipecac realness

Liquidsnake (6375094)

I like how when Siomon Pegg says something, the response is hes an idiot, and no one listens to him. Collider has a discussion, and then its said they are stupid, and no one listens to them, they are not credible. The reactions are very interesting here.

dingobingo (7439096)

Fuck you gs, fuck the fans and fuck san Francisco garbage all around

sooperkool (7570057)

I do not feel guilty for watching this bluray rip until I get a legit copy of BP

guek (2644066)

Says the try hard troll. I'd take it personally if I thought you actually understood my post

BadAss2961 (2643352)

Dudes on message boards with their try-hard feminism.

PlayALLTheGames (6695778)

No he just sucks. Thanks Wilson for the penalty that landed another goal you worthless piece of fucking shit.

TheExecutive (6693163)

Die in a carpet fire.

Bo Neslek (6692633)

Fuck off you blind idiot

Trained Rage (1377100)

Here is why Anita scares me..............