tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post6479523682448994154..comments2023-08-19T06:19:28.990-04:00Comments on the nytpicker: NYT's "Douche" Move: Page-One Trend Story Based On Numbers Requested From Arch-Conservative Parents Television Council.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-85112450681710387812009-11-16T23:24:46.035-05:002009-11-16T23:24:46.035-05:00Cunt is a tight four-letter word. It tightens, up ...Cunt is a tight four-letter word. It tightens, up and down, all throughout. Mothers have cunts. Mothers mostly fuck via cunt to be so. Some mothers are fatter than the fucking fattest mother of all.<br /><br />To be fucked may be yicky. To be fucked over, might suck. To offensively fuck up the little fly who couldn't zip it but mistakenly told the wrong mama to fuck off, is routine, it's basic business as usual. <br /><br />So take a chance, go ahead, take it literally.Sound Guidancehttp://www.animalgenome.org/edu/PIH/pigcuts.gifnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-56553918511718441952009-11-15T22:47:26.197-05:002009-11-15T22:47:26.197-05:00Douché, anonymous!Douché, anonymous!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-62757731748212043012009-11-15T20:01:55.239-05:002009-11-15T20:01:55.239-05:00I, too, cast my vote with the first anonymous. Res...I, too, cast my vote with the first anonymous. Resorting to name-calling or to words that some find offensive, even if Wyatt doesn't detail exactly who these people are, is a real failure of language. I forgive it in cats, dogs and babies, who cannot express themselves in words. But it shouldn't be a point of pride for these television shows that they are unable to be clever, smart, funny, etc. The use of gutter language in a scripted show just makes me think there are lots of unemployed writers who could do a way better job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-19185579434286789022009-11-15T19:17:42.742-05:002009-11-15T19:17:42.742-05:00I don't care if these words are on the tube, b...I don't care if these words are on the tube, but it's rather telling that nobody could respond to the first anonymous without resorting to profanity. <br /><br />As for relying on numbers from a right wing activist group -- well, so what. The Times parrots the findings of left-wing enviro groups all the time. Anybody who watches TV knows that these words are popping up more often than in the past, and you'd expect this group to be one of the few that care.<br /><br />The only question is, should we care? And that is the question posed by the article. My answer is, eh, maybe. I'd rather see the times ask why so much TV writing is just plain shitty. <br /><br />But this feels like another made-up NYTpicker controversy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-58127927937290268882009-11-15T15:24:28.923-05:002009-11-15T15:24:28.923-05:00"First amendment"? The last refuge of sc..."First amendment"? The last refuge of scoundrels is patriotism or in this case wrapping yourself in the Constitution. <br /><br />There's nothing stopping people saying these words or even putting out movies like "Scarface" that are nothing but four-letter words. But using a publicly granted monopoly requires political support and I think the networks wisely embraced a certain amount of censorship as a nod to this political control. <br /><br />In any case, the mass market is dying. Not much of this matters. People with money are choosing their own walled gardens that cater to their own tastes. The Christians have their own DVDs and those who love foul language can buy their own DVDs. It all works out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-33340929402128184762009-11-15T11:55:38.722-05:002009-11-15T11:55:38.722-05:00"The reason we ban these words is not because..."The reason we ban these words is not because they're offensive, it's because we want the writers to work a bit harder to enlighten and entertain us."<br /><br />Well, that's just horseshit. Don't watch shows that traffick in the lowest common denominator if they don't rise to your standards of entertainment. In this battle between those who can craft a sentence with wit and those who choose shock over any original insight to give power to their voice, I'm going to place my vote with the First Amendment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-41728733190319159022009-11-15T09:05:07.315-05:002009-11-15T09:05:07.315-05:00Here's one of the few times a four letter word...Here's one of the few times a four letter word might appear in a decent publication:<br /><br />http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14843803&source=hptextfeatureAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-58019081856198686402009-11-15T07:29:22.913-05:002009-11-15T07:29:22.913-05:00In this battle between those who can craft a sente...In this battle between those who can craft a sentence with wit and those who choose shock over any original insight to give power to their voice, I'm going to place my vote with the first anonymous. <br /><br />It's so sad to watch the second anonymous miss such obvious ways to connect the cleansing spray of one so-called yicky word with the literal meaning of another. <br /><br />The reason we ban these words is not because they're offensive, it's because we want the writers to work a bit harder to enlighten and entertain us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-88170457807818810792009-11-14T17:30:41.728-05:002009-11-14T17:30:41.728-05:00To the first Anonymous: "the D word"??? ...To the first Anonymous: "the D word"??? "Yicky???" Bea motherfucking Arthur as an early warning sign of the apocalypse??? Mom, is that YOU???<br /><br />To the second Anonymous: well said.Robertohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15658466320690980920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-73866654878009507672009-11-14T17:14:34.277-05:002009-11-14T17:14:34.277-05:00To the previous Anonymous: Fuck off, you uptight c...To the previous Anonymous: Fuck off, you uptight cunt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-41041396256630254282009-11-14T10:54:38.336-05:002009-11-14T10:54:38.336-05:00You know, when it comes right down to it, it's...You know, when it comes right down to it, it's kind of offensive to me. I try not to swear and I don't really enjoy the company of anyone who uses these words unless do something like drop a wrench on a toe. So I'm happy the newspaper doesn't print these words and the networks used to avoid them. I don't usually watch TV, but now I've got another reason to avoid it.<br /><br />And it has as much to do with the tenor and the attitude of the people. Old television shows like "Maude" are unpleasant for me to watch even though they don't use yicky words like the D-word. (Bea Arthur would probably make some snarky feminist argument about repurposing the word or something like that.) The characters just have yicky attitudes and the humor revolves around insulting each other. <br /><br />The real problem with these shows isn't words like the D word, it's the nasty attitude and the cabal of writers who think that humor revolves around putting down one and other.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com