I can't overemphasize how much I hate twitter and the infantile way everyone speaks on it. Some guy reviewing a movie does not constitute a "villain origin story"
I know people who talk like that in real life and it drives me up a wall. Everything has to be a snappy one-liner like they're in a bad Joss Whedon movie.
I pick up memes from everywhere, but that "villain origin" one seems lame and gay. No offense to -- probably the whole forum -- but comic book fans tend to be on the unintelligent side of the geek spectrum. The fluidity of their stories turns me off, whereas I like the Sci Fi/fantasy where there is continuity and rules.
I don't enjoy comics either for much the same reasons. People die and come back and die and come back again. Then there's the same story but this time the hero is a girl, etc. Just seems like a lazy and uninspired medium to me.
With Sci Fi, occasionally a story still "tricks" me, if I can manage to not have it spoiled. 3 Body Problem had some twists in it where I went back and said "ah yeah that makes sense," but I hadn't already predicted the outcome And that's the best feeling IMO.
Can comic book conflicts be resolved by anything other than sweating a lot to generate a bigger power bubble than the other guy? Sci Fi has its Deus Ex Machina, but I consider those to be lesser moments.
It's because of engagement. I'm sort of glad Elon Musk took over, but ever since he started paying blue checkmarks for engagement everyone had to try their damnest to get in on that pie. These snappy one-liners are the quickest way to get views and replies. Next to false accusations and engagement farming in other posts.
People trying to be the quippy cool kid and/or act condescending towards people they view as ideological enemies was an issue on Twitter long before Musk. Arguably, this irony-laden, artificially detached, everything filtered through a snappy one-liner style of commentary (“ooh, that’s not a good look,” “villain origin story,” “being an [x] is a bold choice,” etc.) is a core personality trait of the modern leftist, so in shaking the dominance of those people up a little, Musk may have, if anything, decreased the prevalence of that style of communication.
ever since he started paying blue checkmarks for engagement everyone had to try their damnest to get in on that pie
Okay but I distinctly remember in 2017 trump blocked some asshole who did nothing but call him hitler. The asshole took him to court and the argument was that you had to be one of the first replies so that people would see your reply. “I have to be an asshole, your honor! It’s important for my career!!” And the judge made Trump unblock the guy.
I can’t say if it’s gotten worse since then. I think twitter is a toxic trap. But I don’t think it started with musk.
I can't overemphasize how much I hate twitter and the infantile way everyone speaks on it. Some guy reviewing a movie does not constitute a "villain origin story"
I know people who talk like that in real life and it drives me up a wall. Everything has to be a snappy one-liner like they're in a bad Joss Whedon movie.
Even more hilarious, his comeback to someone in the replies saying "No bigger villain than Matt Jarbo" is https://x.com/mjarbo/status/1835763847686389874
Walsh is a middle aged father of six
I've enjoyed the AI scene on it. There are people who post srefs all the time.
I pick up memes from everywhere, but that "villain origin" one seems lame and gay. No offense to -- probably the whole forum -- but comic book fans tend to be on the unintelligent side of the geek spectrum. The fluidity of their stories turns me off, whereas I like the Sci Fi/fantasy where there is continuity and rules.
I don't enjoy comics either for much the same reasons. People die and come back and die and come back again. Then there's the same story but this time the hero is a girl, etc. Just seems like a lazy and uninspired medium to me.
With Sci Fi, occasionally a story still "tricks" me, if I can manage to not have it spoiled. 3 Body Problem had some twists in it where I went back and said "ah yeah that makes sense," but I hadn't already predicted the outcome And that's the best feeling IMO.
Can comic book conflicts be resolved by anything other than sweating a lot to generate a bigger power bubble than the other guy? Sci Fi has its Deus Ex Machina, but I consider those to be lesser moments.
It's difficult to express yourself beyond trite man child aphorisms when you have a funko pop jammed half way up your colon.
It's because of engagement. I'm sort of glad Elon Musk took over, but ever since he started paying blue checkmarks for engagement everyone had to try their damnest to get in on that pie. These snappy one-liners are the quickest way to get views and replies. Next to false accusations and engagement farming in other posts.
People trying to be the quippy cool kid and/or act condescending towards people they view as ideological enemies was an issue on Twitter long before Musk. Arguably, this irony-laden, artificially detached, everything filtered through a snappy one-liner style of commentary (“ooh, that’s not a good look,” “villain origin story,” “being an [x] is a bold choice,” etc.) is a core personality trait of the modern leftist, so in shaking the dominance of those people up a little, Musk may have, if anything, decreased the prevalence of that style of communication.
Okay but I distinctly remember in 2017 trump blocked some asshole who did nothing but call him hitler. The asshole took him to court and the argument was that you had to be one of the first replies so that people would see your reply. “I have to be an asshole, your honor! It’s important for my career!!” And the judge made Trump unblock the guy.
I can’t say if it’s gotten worse since then. I think twitter is a toxic trap. But I don’t think it started with musk.