Jim & Yahtzee's Rhymedown Spectacular: The Analogy of the Mosquito
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I'll say Jim wins this week. Con plague sucks. To avoid it you can't touch anything others touch without then using sanitizer. Push the button on the elevator, sanitize. Used the stair banister, sanitize. Got some water from the public tables, sanitize. Touched a toy, plushy, body pillow, anything on the vendor tables, sanitize. Shake hands, sanitize. Sign someone (seriously), sanitize. There are so many things that you have to avoid you can't go to a con, and come back clean inside.
Seriously? You feel the need to point out that the blood sucking ones are female, but you don't take issue with them talking? Congratulations for being able to share your nugget of wisdom.Psychobabble said:
A similar thing happened a few years ago when a person wrote a letter of complaint to a newspaper that had featured a Far Side comic where the male mosquito made a comment about sucking blood.
I hear ya, Jim. Every time I've gone to a con I've always gotten sick. It's inevitable. I used to go to Anime Central every year, but now I skip because it's so big and out of control and a lot of the goers seem unfamiliar with the concept of hygiene. Or how to cover their mouth when they sneeze. I saw someone sneeze right on a shelf of DVDs I had yet to peruse. I can't imagine having to shake hands with all of them. I personally thought the poem about the whole experience was amusing.
Yahtzee's poem was really interesting, and quite amusing, and I appreciate that the dialogue between the mosquitoes is not dissimilar from what goes on among male gamers who would allege to be well-meaning with some frequency.
But the analogy still makes me somewhat uneasy in this: From the outset, one knows beyond question that a mosquito on your arm is there to suck your blood, that that's what it wants and what its actions are foreshadowing.
Is the implication, then, that in *any* interaction between a male gamer and a female one, it should be assumed that the male gamer's underlying intention is to seek romantic or sexual attention from the female gamer?
I like to think that we're a little better than that...
But the analogy still makes me somewhat uneasy in this: From the outset, one knows beyond question that a mosquito on your arm is there to suck your blood, that that's what it wants and what its actions are foreshadowing.
Is the implication, then, that in *any* interaction between a male gamer and a female one, it should be assumed that the male gamer's underlying intention is to seek romantic or sexual attention from the female gamer?
I like to think that we're a little better than that...
guysmiley said:
Mosquitoes seem to communicate with each other just fine. They just do so in mosquito.
Maybe in his world travels Yahtzee has mastered their language. I mean my Gran is upper crust English and in her globe trotting years she willed herself the ability to speak to poor people. I'm sure human to mosquito communications is a trifle compared to that struggle. I figured I'd give him the benefit of the doubt.
However now that you bring it up ...
MOSQUITOES CAN'T TALK YAHTZEE, YOU DUNDERHEAD! I find it a serious liberty for you to so callously misrepresent the mosquito population in this manner.
Given Jim's comments on Krahulik, I am genuinely hoping the next Jimquisition is all about him. Really. Really hoping so.
Sorry you're sick Jim but if it's any consolation you made me laugh out loud repeatedly this week with your rant poem.
http://www.newstatesman.com/alex-hern/2013/09/penny-arcade-reopens-dickwolves-controversy
You just have to embrace the gifts Papa Nurgle gives you and wait outNurgle's Rot "ConFlu"
He mentioned "Krahulik" being the one to sour him so a wild stab in the dark would be:twm1709 said:Ermmm.... can anyone tell me what is it that happened at PAX that annoyed Jim?
Besides getting sick I mean
http://www.newstatesman.com/alex-hern/2013/09/penny-arcade-reopens-dickwolves-controversy
It's just inevitable from having so many people, some of whom have poor hygiene or sickness they brought with them, in such close proximity to each other for prolonged periods of time in an enclosed environment. That's not factoring in the effects of con food, lack of sleep and stress.TiberiusEsuriens said:
You just have to embrace the gifts Papa Nurgle gives you and wait out
Jim, you're right! You deserve a medal! Get well soon, Jim!
Thank god for Jim, and his work ethic!
Yahtzee had quite the excellent poem! Very true, very telling. Powerful message.
Thank god for Jim, and his work ethic!
Yahtzee had quite the excellent poem! Very true, very telling. Powerful message.
... is that all? Not to revive the controversy, but have we really got to the point where he just makes reference to other things he's said to start a new firestorm? All the things he's done and he gets press over a comment that's little better than a forum troll?Scorched_Cascade said:
Holkins once said that Krahulik had a talent for finding exactly what button to push, even on a person he met a few minutes ago, and then pushing it. I think he's finally found the media's button, and it's shaped like a dickwolf.