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[serai]

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Gacked from ontd_startrek


GodDAMN. This here's some real, according-to-Hoyle MORONIC CRAP.


The War on Science Fiction and Marvin Minsky


The blogger (I'm not going to dignify him with the term "author") of the above post, who very bravely blogs under the name "Pro-Male/Anti-Feminst Tech", spews out a screed that can basically be boiled down to this:

DEM NASSSSTY GURLZ BE MESSIN UP SCIFI OH NOEZ OMGWTFBBQ!!!11!!!

Here's a taste of his "wisdom":


With women killing science fiction on television, the current generation of boys won’t have this opportunity to be inspired to work in these fields. There is still a great deal of written science fiction that is real science fiction so all is not lost. However, many boys who would have gone on to make scientific discoveries and invent new technologies will not do so since they will never be inspired by science fiction as boys.


There's more. Oh much more. It seems that the entire genre of science fiction has been permanently run down, ruined, had all its inspiration sucked away (nudge-nudge) by TEH EBUL WIMMINS & GHEYS!!! No intelligent person can possibly get any enjoyment out of it anymore because we've gotten out ICKY GURL COOTIES all over it. There will never be any more men in science and engineering because...well, I'm not sure. Apparently he thinks that science fiction is, what? The only way that anyone would ever think of becoming a scientist?

This is so ridiculous. And the funniest thing about it, to my mind, is that he seems to think it's original. That nobody has ever said any of this before. Dude, this shit has been whined and puled and ranted for DECADES. Every time there's a new inclusive slant to SF, the whiny fanboys start going on about how it's the end of the genre, and nobody will ever want to be scientists again, and the world will end as we know it. It's funny, but it's also pathetic and sad. Funny, too. And misogynistic and homophobic and ugly. Did I mention it's also funny as hell? Because it is.


So, let's all get together for yet another chorus, shall we? Maestro Denis, care to lead the choir?

Asshole - Denis Leary


No, whatever your real name is, you're not a trail-blazing critic bemoaning the loss of a precious intellectual art form. You're just AN ASSHOLE.


P.S. You can let go of your dick now, Sparky.

Comments

[serai1.livejournal.com]

EWWWWWWW!!!!! *rubs clothes frantically*

[oxer12.livejournal.com]

My mind is completely boggled by the comments. I can dismiss the post itself as the rantings of a sexist pig, but the comments show this dude's got plenty of company.

The following is the blogger's response to someone in the comment section, and it's the most disturbing thing (so far; I haven't read all of them): The internet has allowed men to talk directly to each other, bypassing women, communicating the truth about women. What this shaming language attempts to do is put a stop to the dissemination of truth about women on the internet. This is why we have angry women when it comes to this sort of thing.

Whoa. O_o

[serai1.livejournal.com]

The comments are half the fun when it comes to wanky bloggery like this. They manage to somehow combine aggressive dick-waving with hysterical dick-cupping. Quite the feat of legedermain!

[aredhelebenesse.livejournal.com]

I found this yesterday and my first thought was: OMG, now we know who the real heroes are in our days. Not knights who kill dragons or fire fighters who save little children and cute kitty cats, but straight men who are forced to watch tv shows without srtaight men doing stuff in them! Oh yes! Only just relationships and gay men are left of former glorious times. That's so ... *sobs* ... sad!

[serai1.livejournal.com]

IT'S A TRAGEDY!! *bangs head on floor*

Sheesh. What some people will get het up about. Reminds me of all those OSOSERIOUS LOTR fandips who go on and on about how Tolkien has been ruined by the films. *eyeroll*

What I'd like to know is - has it ever occured to this guy to READ A BOOK? His main problem seems to be that the girls are taking over the TV shows. Bitch, if TV is your idea of science fiction, you are NOT a hard-core geek; you're just a lazy asshole.

[illyria-novia.livejournal.com]

Bitch, if TV is your idea of science fiction, you are NOT a hard-core geek; you're just a lazy asshole.

WORD.

[blackbird-song.livejournal.com]

I'm too tired and vulnerable (and dealing with a situation at home that resonates a little too closely with what you're talking about) to read the post in question. So let me just say that Asshole Flambé is an acquired taste, but it might be worth an investigation. *pets icon*

Catherine

[serai1.livejournal.com]

Totally understandable, sweetheart. To be honest, the real fun is in the comments, where the Great Male Warriors take on the Evil Feminist Harpies, and a good time is had by all.

Sorry things are tough right now. I've been laid up with the flu for going on ten days now, and am pretty miserable myself, which is why this kind of bitchery is amusing me, I guess. I hope things get better for you. Feel free to email me if you want to vent or anything.

By the by, I'm wrestling out a new ST fic at the moment. Would you want to have a look at it before I post? No pressure, just asking. ;)

*massive hugs*

[blackbird-song.livejournal.com]

*hugs back*

Thank you for the moral support. It is very greatly appreciated.

I'm about to go collapse into bed, but just wanted to let you know that I'd be fine taking a look at your ST fic, as long as Spock isn't boinking babies in a way that looks like you meant to imply that it's totally within his normal character parameters in any of the universes in which I've seen him portrayed. If you know what I mean. I'm not sure I do, at this point. (I should really find an icon depicting an empty brain-case in a humorous way.)

Catherine

[serai1.livejournal.com]

Cool, thanks! I've been having a writing spurt, so by the way it's been going, I think I may have it done in a couple of days. Will shoot it over to you when it's finished. :)

Oh, and no Spock/baby bonking. (I mean, WTF?) In fact, he doesn't make an appearance at all in this one. Purely human foibles this time around.

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

oh wow, haven't seen that much misogynist writings in one place in a long time!

[lindmere.livejournal.com]

Just popping by with some bonus fail for you. This Einstein has figured out why women love vampires. It's because they want to have sex with gay men.

Here's what I think happened: someone figured out that girls and women have money to spend, and someone else did some research and found out what they actually, really liked, then made some. So that they would spend their money on it. Since what they turn out to like doesn't fit into a handful of pre-approved, ghettoized categories (romance, Lifetime movies, soaps), everyone is freaking out.

I'm not the sort to go on a libertarian rant, but seriously...some of these fads go in cycles, and others are responses to long-term market changes. In a free market, if your thing is less popular than someone else's, the answer isn't to browbeat people into making less of the popular thing, it's to make your thing more popular. So I think the solution for Mr. Dirtbag is to go organize a letter-writing campaign to bring back Lexx. Meanwhile I will go weep over those things future boys won't discover, which are hidden in the Room of Requirement along with all the nuclear destruction that didn't happen under Bush/Cheney.

[serai1.livejournal.com]

Silly theory, yes. But I kinda lost interest in the whole vampire thing a while ago. Other than Moonlight, a series that was just hitting its stride when it got cancelled a couple of years ago, I find the more recent incarnation of the vampire mythology rather tiresome and uninteresting. (And isn't THAT network banging its head against the wall right about now? What a STUPID decision!) When you make vampires too normal, they lose all their mystery and attractiveness. What's the point in vampires who are basically whiny teenagers?

Neil Gaiman is right. Time to let the whole thing go for another decade or so. Maybe then somebody will come up with something actually interesting to say on the subject.