We do lots of things to relax. Some people walk, some people read, some people listen to music, and I like watching videos on YouTube of bullies getting knocked the **** out.
You might be thinking, “Hey Gordon, you noble savage, isn’t that a bit… well, messed up?”
I don’t think so. Continue reading
Tagged beatdown, bully, bullying, civility, comedian, comic, customer service, Eliot Chang, fight, heckler, steve hofstetter, takedown, todd glass, turkish, Violence, YouTube
…Because you people just won’t suggest topics. And also, because Evan is busy and I am really tired. Leave us some suggestions down in the comment section, people.
-G
Yeah, last night was just not great on a lot of different levels. That being said, if all goes as planned this you should have an extra special edition of E> this week. Seriously, my excitement about it verges on washing away the horribleness that was yesterday.
Looking forward to bringing this feature back next week in a big way.
Apologies for the lack of a real post.
-Evan.
Posted in blog news, Evan and Gordon Talk
Tagged blog news, Evan and Gordon Talk, not today
I’ve seen both sides of this debate.
I grew up in a devotedly pro-life home. I was taught pro-life apologetics and arguments (largely from books by Peter Kreeft [go read The Unaborted Socrates]). In spite of that, my study of the development of life and my debates with pro-choicers led me eventually to cross the line. I concluded that if personhood ends with the cessation of brain activity, surely it must begin with it as well.
All that’s to say I’ve had first hand experience with both sides of the highly contentious issue.
But I’m not here to talk about abortion. I’m hear to shine the spotlight on the supreme nitwits who scream the loudest from both sides of the argument. Let’s break it down here. Continue reading
Posted in America, morality, politics, religion, sex, Shame Day
Tagged abortion, abortion clinic, bomb, brood of vipers, Christian, Christian rock, Congress, conservative, debate, democrat, doctor, I blew up the clinic real good, incest, john the baptist, kill, liberal, majority, mermaid syndrome, Mitt Romney, murder, peter kreeft, politician, politics, pro-choice, pro-life, rape, republican, Senate, shame day, SIrenomelia, Steve Taylor
Now I know that there’s a certain degree of irony attached to this post. Just now you read my question on why people don’t read anymore. I’m not really talking about reading in the the sense of skimming the occasional article online, though. Before anyone tries to point it out- yeah, I’m aware that the medium for communication has shifted a lot since video is now accessible to pretty much everyone.
I’m talking about books, people. When did we stop reading books?
I would go bankrupt buying books with gifs for illustrations…
I can’t count how many times I’ve been reading a book in public and people act as if I’ve started cleaning a black-powder musket.
Posted in America, art, literature, media, writing, Youth
Tagged 80s, a wrinkle in time, adult, age, beowulf, black books, book, book entertainment, book store, books, buying books, chuck palahniuk, classic, Cost, decade, entertainment, Era, GIF, hatchet, high school, jeoffry, kids, literary, literature, maus, media, medium, music, occasional article, old yeller, oliver twist, paperback, price, pride and prejudice, reading, reading a book, scrubs, shows, shut up and take my money, slap, society, store, superfudge, technology, the adventures of tom sawyer, the giver, the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, the hobbit, the toothpaste millionaire, the witch of blackbird pond, TV, video, work, writer, writers, writing, Youth
While this week we’re trying to take a break from politics here at Culture War Reporters (last week was dominated by the subject), I really wouldn’t be doing my due dilligence if I didn’t give a shout out the protestors currently flooding the streets of Rio De Janeiro, down in Brazil. The Brazilian government has proposed tripling the cost of public transportation, and while that might sound to many like a pretty paltry thing, to the poor and urban working class of Brazil who rely on public transit, that kind of increase is going to be devastating. Brazilian protestors- keep up the good work.
Now on to the focus of today’s Fame Day- internet sketch group 5 Second Films.
Posted in art, Fame Day, film, internet, media, money, television, writing
Tagged 5 Second Films, 5 sf, 5sf, best break up line ever, brazil, budget, College, comedic, comedy, dude bro party massacre III, Five Second Films, George Lucas, grown men are talking, Kickstarter, movie, patton Oswalt, Peter Stormare, politics, Protest, resource, rio, sketch, skit, The Phantom Menace, TV, Weird Al, Weird Al Yankovic, YouTube
Normally, the dissection of nerd culture is Evan’s territory. Comic books, super-hero movies, the ins-and-outs of sci-fi flicks- really anything you could or would want to know about geekdom, Evan has covered.
Except, perhaps, for Dungeons & Dragons.
For that, you’d come to me.
Posted in bizarreness, games
Tagged 4th Edition, choice, Christian, Combat, comic books, conservative, cult, D&D, d20, die, DM, Dungeon Master, Dungeons and Dragons, encounters, equations, fantasy, Fourth Edition, games, gaming, geek, Geekdom, GIF, gods, Lolth, magic, melodrama, mundane, mythos, natural 20, nerd, nerd culture, Next, non-combat, pantheon, pat robertson, players, railroad, sci fi flicks, sci-fi, self determination, super hero movies, video game, videogames
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