Yes, this is mostly a blog about old television shows, movies, comic books and whatever tickles my fancy to talk about. It's mostly something I try to keep positive but sometimes because some dumb thing gets into my head and weasels around in there forever and ever and wont ever go away. I figure maybe if I talk about it my stupid brain won't think about it as much so new things can fester in there because thats how my brain works. Today I talk about controversial opinions I have on "Cancel Culture" or Consequence Culture or whatever people talk about and I don't know if anyone is really gonna be happy with what I say.
First off, uh... I hate to break it to the people who think this is a new thing just on twitter but it really isn't. People have been talking about whatever dumb thing a celebrity has said since like forever. Like forever. I'm sure I could find Eva Gabor or Eddie Albert saying something dumb in 1968 and having people go WELL I AM FOR SURE NEVER WATCHING GREEN ACRES EVER AGAIN! and someone arguing with them about it. and a third person being like SHUT UP YOU DICKHEADS I DONT GIVE A SHIT. At least thats the three groups I see whenever I see someone talking about whatever dumb shit thing Big Billy Bradworth said. This is the paragraph that will bother people who don't like Cancel Culture. (hi portnoyd)
Secondly, The discussion these people have really does nothing. Sure a lot of trans people gave up on JK Rowling but HBO is still making a Harry Potter TV series. A flipping video game came out like twenty days after this. I'm not saying that you shouldn't give up on someone you feel has abandoned you, even if that person is a celebrity. I'm just saying that trying to get every person who ever read and enjoyed a Harry Potter book to do the same is going to be an miserable task that will not happen. I can't think of a person who was actually "Cancelled" who uh stayed cancelled, hell even Louis C.K. is back on tour doing hacky conservative comedy. This is the paragraph the people who are for it won't like.
Thirdly, I guess that when it comes to people doing crimes you should probably go to the police. Yes, I know that the police are really bad at things. I know the Justice System in just about most countries is messed up and needs fixing due to racial injustice and sexual assaults' stuff and all that, hell I'm sure there are tons of cases of the whitest dudes ever whited getting railroaded into long prison services. I just don't think Twitter actually has any power to fix these issues.
I don't even know why I wrote this. It's bad. Don't read it.
Twitter is awful. Society wasn't ready for it and it shows. It's shitty shit. YOU SHOULD CANCEL CULTURE YOUR ACCOUNT.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, cancel culture on social media is empty flailing. It accomplishes nothing and it just makes idiots feel empowered when they have no power at all. It's a mob rule without the rule, torches and pitchforks. Celebrities who get canceled should be as condescending to these twits as possible to show how powerless they are.
The problem is they don't because they are also idiots desperate to pander to the lowest common denominator. Like if they did something illegal, they'll probably be canceled by jail time (like Cosby). But if they made a bad joke, I would double down and make more. Watch them get madder and TALK ABOUT YOU MORE. But no, they apologize and walk away with their tail between their legs. Fuck em, they are idiots on Twitter, they should be ignored.
Like the Guardians of the Galaxy director. He should have told them to eat his ass. They're jokes, OLD jokes and tell them to kiss his ass. Of course Disney folded like a house of cards but oh look, he's back directing the third movie like nothing happe. It's empty and futile.
Yes, cancel culture annoys me, why do you ask.
The entire internet and a lot of real life sadly would improve about 500% if twitter was drug out into the street and shot right in the face.
ReplyDeleteThis is 100% correct. It has good application as a short form news/alert system and that's it. It's terrible for interaction, terrible for conversation and absolutely horrible for churning up idiots. See also my dumbass ex president.
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