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Jezebel's "astute film critic" complains that Chun-Li is not featured in the Mortal Kombat trailer
- Thread starter Syriel
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Yeah, that's why I say I'm feeling "vaguely hesitant" rather than insistent on the point.
Don't forget the ex post facto tongue clicking about "misleading" people as a result of dumbasses showing their .... Asses.
If pretending to be lacking knowledge about a subject is a nuanced feminist social commentary then my goodness I've come across that in many parts of the internet that likely don't espouse the same convictions.
you needs a good hook or a clever diversion, or it's a quick lock
that's why i plan my threads veeeery carefully
Basically this.
Everyone knows at this point that the low-attention social media-driven internet doesn't read articles beyond the headline. What exactly are you proving?
I suppose there are far worse clickbait efforts that could have been made.
Indeed.
I suspect someone saw the trailer, had a brain fart and wrote out a post about it.
The end.
But it's worked out well, they've issued a correction and everyone is still killing their asses off talking about it.
Genuinely might be one of my favorite threads on ERA.
It's either that or Dude, did you just admit to a crime?
okay to be fair here, i do love the confidence of you understanding what the 'point' is while simultaneously not getting the point at all. respect.
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You're not wrong. OP assumed the website was too cheap to pay for professional writers and was running as a content farm. On first look, it does read like someone quickly hammered it out for SEO.
*chefs kiss*
that and the user learning origami to impress a cashier
I'm concerned at how many people in here posted serious responses about why this article is wrong.
Krae_man gets it. The man just wants some Chun-Li is his crime movies and the bums working on The Godfather Part II couldn't deliver!
This thread is hitting all the highlights.
- It's not a joke
- What's the joke
- It's a bad joke
- What if it wasn't a joke at first but then they realized they are dumb and were making a joke
- I firmly believe this is not about a wider feminism point because I do not get it
- It's not a joke
- What's the joke
- It's a bad joke
- What if it wasn't a joke at first but then they realized they are dumb and were making a joke
- I firmly believe this is not about a wider feminism point because I do not get it
What do you think the point is? Is the author trying to embarrass the subset of chuds who can't parse that the whole article is facetious and would insist on mansplaining her supposed error? Because the past several years suggests to me that that audience is incapable of embarrassment, shame, or reflection.
The only tangible, real-world effect is a day of viral spread and shitposting. Like I said, good on her for the clicks.
Me when reading an article that refers to Mortal Kombat as "a super realistic study on the cross-section of kung-fu and elemental magic": this article is very serious and earnest
What's the word for "exact opposite of irony?"
For example, when someone writes a satirical article mocking how internet gatekeepers rail against content creators, but internet gatekeepers go and do that exact thing with the satire. What's the word for that?
For example, when someone writes a satirical article mocking how internet gatekeepers rail against content creators, but internet gatekeepers go and do that exact thing with the satire. What's the word for that?
You've rotated around irony so much you went back to irony
it's only a troll when observed but you must observe it in order to be trolled
i mean the difference here is that the article is very clearly a troll since it says "they need chun li to win the ultimate street fight" and calls mortal kombat a realistic look at the cross section between martial arts and elemental magic, and so the folks who fall for it are Very Dumb, where as usually in these situations it's someone starting out by saying something they earnestly believe (but is very stupid), and then having people point out that it's stupid, and then trying to play it off as just a joke.
No, like you read it it's pretty much in your face that it's bait. But it's so in your face you'd think people would go "Oh, das bait"
But instead they go "No, Chun isn't in MK".
She went fishing with a big fat bait written BAIT BAIT BAIT DON'T BITE BAIT BAIT BAIT on it, and they all bit anyway. It's very low effort, but it works, so why work for it?
I mean I'm pretty sure you cou ld get people to get angry over the "Why do you call it the Xbox 360?" thing. People just don't understand. Go around and speak with some people and say like RIP in peace, guarantee you there will be at least one person correcting you.
The joke is that Chun Li actually appeared in the trailer
You just don't want the extra work of having NRS running a "Chun-Li isn't in our game" campaign.