What, than a meme funny picture? The guy is a legend. Every one knows that. I hope he gets his knighthood. He's already had messages from Will and Kate.
In no way is that meme respectful of an old and very modest man and the effort he put in to raise money for the NHS. I don't often disagree with you but, I do this time.
I don't find it in any way disrespectful. Not finding humour in something that was intended to be humourous does not mean that the thing is, or was intended to be, disrespectful.
That got me lol. I was expecting her to have a cool trick up her sleeve That's how I would do it lmao.
Very hard to believe it wasn't but, I don't want to fall-out over this, everyone is entitled to their own point of view.
At the risk of deconstructing a joke and thereby removing all humour... To me it's just parody or satire, it's clearly not meant to be taken seriously in any way. It's just a silly meme .
Remember when it was a good idea to cough, to disguise a fart...? Now it is recommended that you fart, to disguise a cough...
Oh yeah, Thunderdome is livening up again. I laughed at the meme, because it was funny, it's one of those cases where it's funny because it's not true. I kind of imagine that the Captain would laugh himself,except perhaps for the swearing bit at the end, as I doubt he's a potty-mouth like me.
I would think that the old boy has seen things that would melt our minds and has done his fair share of swearing .
It's only funny (ymmv) if you acknowledge how admirable he is to the point that the very idea he does a scooby doo villain and legs it with the cash is inherently ridiculous.
This is the thunderdome, brah, serious forum is down that way. I only come back for the thunderdome. The rest of the internet is ******s taking themselves too seriously and getting into tragically pretentious fights over trivial non-issues and petty social concerns. All the shitposting lads of my childhood have grown up, had kids, hit a midlife crisis and forgotten how to have a sense of humour, or failing that, how to shrug and smirk when someone's being daft. Everywhere I turn now, every third person in any discussion, no matter how juvenile or informal the original context, seems compelled to act like a schoolmarm and mete out decorum and civility. It's the ****ing internet. Decorum and civility spice up the internet like shirts and ties spice up a homeless shelter. And with all the love in the world for the good work you do for no compensation, mods, I come to this thread in particular because it's a sanctioned space where I can say things like this without immediately being banned. Bit-Tech was always a walled garden with higher walls than most, and I used to like that - back when I was sensitive, easily pricked, and desperate to see seriousness and sobriety prevail, it pleased me to see people being banned for acting like disrespectful louts on here, throwing insults and derailing threads. I was 19 and full of myself. I grew up a bit, came back at the ripe old age of 31, and found that while I'd been chilling out and getting my Dude on, the forum had regressed even further into "ban everyone from orbit, it's the only way to be sure". I'm only calling it out because I care - and because it's the thunderdome, perhaps the last chance I'll get to publicly throw stones, because every other thread requires you to turn all the stones out of your pockets at the entrance. I mainly visit Bit-Tech because I love the community and the likemindedness and friendly banter that arises when you have a bunch of nerds together chatting computer stuff. But I mainly don't visit Bit-Tech so much because it really turns me off when that bunch of nerds start policing each others' behaviour and manners, and start kicking each other out or banding together into rivalling tribes over differences of personality. The early warning signs happened shortly before I left years ago. Carrie and Teelz were stirring the place up something fierce by being...well, devil-may-care and rude, basically. In hindsight I think they were the good guys and I and the others were the bad guys. We tried to get them banned. We complained and pushed back, loudly, at their lack of manners. We policed their conduct. And then I got a PM from another member saying, in so many words, "hey - noticed you don't like Carrie and that crowd. Want to form a guerilla resistance to try and push them out? There's a bunch of us." At that point I had a bit of a crisis of faith, and realised that I was on the wrong side. Being rude, abrasive, disrespectful or obnoxious is annoying. Some would consider it toxic. But it's not nearly as toxic as policing each others' behaviour and speech. That's the beginning of the end, for me. TL;DR: Bit-Tech used to be the lad forum. Now it's the dad forum. Stop telling people off for being mean/rude/insensitive/disprespectful. You sound like old men at the park yelling at the young uns.
Heh. I never got that vibe from them. And to paraphrase Ricky Gervais, "Nothing is sacrosanct. Everything is a target for satire.". The people who have the most twisted sense of humour in my experience are the first ones to stand up for what they believe is right and are usually the kind of people who have your back whatever the situation.
