• BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca
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    8 months ago

    macfarlane seems surprisingly open minded considering the bottom tier humor he’s spouted through family guy for so many years. the trans episodes of the orville seemed really on point to me

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          MacFarlane has been progressive for longer than the term cancelled existed in that way, I don’t think he was worried about that. He was progressive in a time when conservative humor didn’t suck and wasn’t universally hated, he could have kept down that path if he really wanted.

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      Just because your mind may be in the gutter, doesn’t mean others aren’t welcome. Farts are funny, regardless of one’s identity.

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      Some people like to say things like “hate the man, but the love the artist” in reference to people like Roman Polanski, who are just monsters that made some of the greatest art of the 20th century. MacFarlane is kind of my example of the opposite of that: “love the man, but hate the artist.” He’s so painfully unfunny, but the direction he took the Orville in where it basically became what contemporary Star Trek should be, dealing with contemporary sociopolitical issues while being overtly anti-capitalist, is genuinely refreshing. If nothing else, he’s used his influence in the industry to secure a space for talented and progressive writers to craft some genuinely engaging good, issue focused science-fiction. So, kudos.

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    8 months ago

    There’s an entire website based largely around people mindlessly parroting catchphrases to each other, there’s more of these people around than we’d like to think.

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      Slang use of hurt. It’s like a “this is such a weird situation it hurts, but not really” it can also definitely mean good but in an uncomfortable way, like if the person your you only met because your parents insisted they’d be good for you turned out to be the best date you’ve ever had. idk how to really explain it. I think it’s American gen-z queer slang based on who I’d speak like that to and expect any comprehension.

      So in context it’s more like “I don’t think y’all understand how weird of a position family guy can put you into”

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        8 months ago

        Well you can’t expect people to get that slang if you use it like doublespeak. Most people will still interpret the word as its classic dictionary meaning.

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          No offense, but you’re clearly not the target audience of that tumblr post. I wouldn’t speak like that here, but I do on my tumblr account. Just like how 90s kids wouldn’t call something sick to their grandparents unless it’s feeling unwell.

          The target audience understood the meaning of the post, I saw it, laughed, and thought that it was sweet that oop and their dad are able to connect even if they barely understand each other. My wife felt the same way.

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            not in a situation where the original use makes more sense than the slang use, and the slang use is already close in meaning to the original use. 🤷

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      The post didn’t say that OP was upset? It’s just how Dad frames things. If they are upset at all, it’s that Dad has a really odd weird stunted way of understanding the world.

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    I think I’d be a little hurt if my family had to view a fundamental thing about myself through the lens of an animated sitcom to understand it, but not like proper hurt.

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    Slightly off topic, but king of the hills drag queen episode is one of the most wholesome things on TV.