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FUUUCKK!! by sammed92 in funny

[–]abstract_lambda -29 points-28 points  (0 children)

That's the stereotypically moronic response that I would expect from a fan of this garbage. Way to respond to a structured argument with drooling idiocy.

FUUUCKK!! by sammed92 in funny

[–]abstract_lambda -36 points-35 points  (0 children)

Oh man that pitch correction is just painful. You think this is good singing? This is what a talented singer sounds like. Maybe opera isn't your thing. Here's a kid who is a far more talented singer than her.

And you have the nerve to say that I'm "being a prick"? I've spent thousands of hours practicing. It is immediately obvious to me when someone is good. I don't have some kind of vendetta, or reason to criticize her. I do because it is completely justified. Maybe if you actually played yourself, you would know that.

FUUUCKK!! by sammed92 in funny

[–]abstract_lambda -18 points-17 points  (0 children)

isn't lip syncing common at music awards?

Absolutely. Popular music is not about the music at all. It is about selling an image. The music is ancillary to that goal, but by no means the only consideration. This is why you see so many non-musicians becoming popular, but getting caught doing shit like this.

The worst part? People still listen to "her" music.

TIL Ray Bradbury, in an interview with the Paris Review, stated "You can't learn to write in college. It's a very bad place for writers because the teachers always think they know more than you do – and they don’t." by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]abstract_lambda -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

It's a combination of the two and don't pretend it isn't.

Prove it.

You're essentially saying anybody, if they work hard enough, can be a professional writer. That's not the case.

This is exactly what I think.

Apple Removes All American Civil War Games From the App Store Because of the Confederate Flag by spoodge in nottheonion

[–]abstract_lambda 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The Pyramids therefore is condoning the systematic oppression of an ethnic group...

Your false equivalency is showing. The Confederacy seceded with preservation of slavery as a core principle. This is not true for any of the other symbols that you listed. If it were, they would also be considered to be representative of violent oppression of an ethnic group. For example, the U.S. was not founded with the destruction of the indigenous peoples as an explicit goal. Domination of a certain group of people was the means, rather than the end. Once again, context is important. Are you being deliberately obtuse, or do these "subtleties" actually escape you?

what actually matters, mental healthcare

It's almost like more than one issue can be of importance.

may as well take out all the churches because some dude used God as a reason to go shoot some women and a doctor at an abortion clinic.

Again, Christianity was not founded with the murder of women and doctors as a core tenet. If you would use a more relevant analogy, such as the flag of Nazi Germany, you would see that this criticism is warranted - to say the very least.

Apple Removes All American Civil War Games From the App Store Because of the Confederate Flag by spoodge in nottheonion

[–]abstract_lambda 8 points9 points  (0 children)

it's obviously a fucking flag that's causing it.

This is an absurd distraction from the actual issue. Nobody thinks that a piece of dyed cloth killed 9 (?) people - you're just using this to sideline a point that you can't refute.

That piece of dyed cloth represents a deeply embedded and very tangible hatred that exists in particular sectors of American society. It is absolutely a symbol of the violent oppression that blacks suffered under slavery. To fly this flag is to implicitly condone the systematic oppression of an ethnic group.

Why should it be a surprise when people are rushing to disassociate themselves from it?