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Seriously though, are "society's" views on nudity regressing? Or are the minority getting smaller but louder?
This "story" almost perfectly encapsulates everything I hate about both modern society, and modern media. A complete non-issue is discovered from Twitter. Someone contacts an academic who sees a chance to feel useful for a fleeting moment, so tut-tuts (while telling us how a bunch of other people will feel). The story grows, so other minority groups who desperately need some attention dive in to get their name in the press (ie some DOC ranger, the fucking Hindu statesman?, WTF?), it's slightly salacious, so mums also get to tut-tut about their kids and shit. And the facts get twisted a bit, so now it's a commercial and they should have had a permit.
No you fluffybunnies, some chick had a photo taken like thousands of other people, only she's hot, and naked. So the media are given gold. The outraged will click, and blokes will click to look at the hot chick, and the editor shows his sweet traffic stats for the month, and sells another ad.
I fucking despair, seriously
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@mariner4life said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
Seriously though, are "society's" views on nudity regressing? Or are the minority getting smaller but louder?
This "story" almost perfectly encapsulates everything I hate about both modern society, and modern media. A complete non-issue is discovered from Twitter. Someone contacts an academic who sees a chance to feel useful for a fleeting moment, so tut-tuts (while telling us how a bunch of other people will feel). The story grows, so other minority groups who desperately need some attention dive in to get their name in the press (ie some DOC ranger, the fucking Hindu statesman?, WTF?), it's slightly salacious, so mums also get to tut-tut about their kids and shit. And the facts get twisted a bit, so now it's a commercial and they should have had a permit.
No you fluffybunnies, some chick had a photo taken like thousands of other people, only she's hot, and naked. So the media are given gold. The outraged will click, and blokes will click to look at the hot chick, and the editor shows his sweet traffic stats for the month, and sells another ad.
I fucking despair, seriously
This. So much this. I have to say, my first thought at the quotes from the academic were, oh here we go, someone up for tenure review soon. The DOC ranger just sounded like a 70-year old virgin, and as for the Hindu statesman, fuck off, sir. This has literally NOTHING to do with you.
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@mariner4life and what if she was wearing a tiny as G-string, not visible in the image, that would have been ok!
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@taniwharugby no it wouldn't! Nude or nothing!! Free the flaps!
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@mariner4life haha Imeant for the frigid brigade!
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@taniwharugby on top of the mountain, there is a very good chance the flaps were pretty frigid...
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@mariner4life mate, your comments offend the mountain, it isn't its fault it is cold up there!
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@Mokey said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
as for the Hindu statesman, fuck off, sir. This has literally NOTHING to do with you.
For a second I thought the mountain had moved to the disgusting shithole known as the subcontinent.
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@antipodean really close, Taranaki
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@antipodean big mountains spiritual home belongs to Hindus, or nearby.
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As usual you white privileged Ass hats are missing the point. Her acts were insensitive on multiple levels, the most obvious being cultural appropriation, running around in nature nude is the domain of Papua New Guinean tribes and some amazonian tribes, her doing it is just grotesque parody of those tribes culture.
Secondly it was insensitive to those who have phobia about their bodies, it was discriminating against those people who cannot take their clothes off in public.
Thirdly she showed a white supremacist attitude by showing her white skin to the world, she was effectively showing her pale white pasty skin and exerting her superiority.
Fourthly by displaying her genitalia so openly and obviously, she reinforced the incorrect 'scientific' narrative about nature only having 2 genders.
Lastly by demonstrating that she had the time and energy to do this she showed just how grotesque inequality in NZ really is, she just showed how the 1% can just discard clothes and not even worry about the consequences.You guys need to check your privilege.
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@Rocky-Rockbottom said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
Baron, I think one of your kids may have hijacked your account?
I assumed he was applying for a job as a news columnist. Good luck with the interview @Baron-Silas-Greenback!
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@dogmeat said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@jegga said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
I was so distraught about the whole thing I had to go and search for her on google images to make sure she hasn't done that sort of thing elsewhere.
and had she
Yeah @jegga, I think we should be told
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@Mokey said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@mariner4life said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
This. So much this. I have to say, my first thought at the quotes from the academic were, oh here we go, someone up for tenure review soon. The DOC ranger just sounded like a 70-year old virgin, and as for the Hindu statesman, fuck off, sir. This has literally NOTHING to do with you.
Just a question, probably aimed more at Stuff, but how do you get to be a "statesman" anyway? I always thought you had to be like an important and dignified government official or something, but it looks like you can be just a guy with a working set of gums and you're good to go.
I'd quite like to have a go at being one. Do you reckon there would be an exam?
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@JC said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@Mokey said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@mariner4life said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
This. So much this. I have to say, my first thought at the quotes from the academic were, oh here we go, someone up for tenure review soon. The DOC ranger just sounded like a 70-year old virgin, and as for the Hindu statesman, fuck off, sir. This has literally NOTHING to do with you.
Just a question, probably aimed more at Stuff, but how do you get to be a "statesman" anyway? I always thought you had to be like an important and dignified government official or something, but it looks like you can be just a guy with a working set of gums and you're good to go.
I'd quite like to have a go at being one. Do you reckon there would be an exam?
yes there's an exam. It's rectal. If they find a stick up there, you're hired
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