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I've stopped looking at the NZ Herald website. It's been a few days, and I can't say I have missed anything. Their sports reporting is terrible, basically everything but the business sucks arse. Stuff are better, which is saying something
The final straw was a reproduced press release a few days ago. Literally printed word for word. It's just so common and so rubbish.
Fark you herald.
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@jegga said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
I picture the owner of this company and his marketing guy sitting back smoking cigars Hannibal from A team style and laughing at the free publicity Vegans and vegetarians have just given them for the price of one instagram photo. I’m definitely keeping an eye out for their snags from now on.
This is such bullshit, and good on the company for not issuing an apology of any sorts. So you're offended... big fucking deal.
I don't know why the Herald even ran this story, and I really wish they didn't. Journalistic integrity is at a historic low and it's actually having an impact on society now, with companies taking massive hits to profits because of faux outrage generated for clicks.
So a few people on social fucking media got offended by something, so what? Why is that news? This is what generates the outrage culture that is so bloody erosive. Someone makes a joke, someone gets offended... then the media picks up on it and runs a story with a dramatic headline like "Kiwi sausage company grilled over 'foul, disgusting' image". Just fuck off with that bullshit.
Another example of this is H&M running an ad with a black kid wearing a hoody with the words "coolest monkey in the jungle". Completely pure intentions, and the kids mother has absolutely no problem with it. But no, somebody somewhere got offended because they think black people are monkey's (I.E. they're racist) and suddenly artists like The Weekend are boycotting H&M over something completely harmless - comparing a child to a monkey as they display the same playful characteristics. And the biggest losers are (potentially) the hard working employees at H&M who will be made redundant if their profits take a hit.
The idea that being offended somehow makes you a morally superior human being is being perpetuated through social media and bullshit media outlets running stories like this, and I for one am fucking sick of it.
In summary: if you're offended by something, I don't give a shit - grow the fuck up.
/rant over.
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Welcome to to age of internet/online news. Would they have forked out for the cost of printing these stories in paper when it was the only source of news?
Fuck no, but it’s easy to run these bullshit puff pieces now. I can only assume there’s a team of untrained ‘journalists’ who’s only job is too hunt down to ‘write’ this shit. Post online then wait for the clicks. -
@no-quarter 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 picture the owner of this company and his marketing guy sitting back smoking cigars Hannibal from A team style and laughing at the free publicity Vegans and vegetarians have just given them for the price of one instagram photo. I’m definitely keeping an eye out for their snags from now on.
This is such bullshit, and good on the company for not issuing an apology of any sorts. So you're offended... big fucking deal.
I don't know why the Herald even ran this story, and I really wish they didn't. Journalistic integrity is at a historic low and it's actually having an impact on society now, with companies taking massive hits to profits because of faux outrage generated for clicks.
So a few people on social fucking media got offended by something, so what? Why is that news? This is what generates the outrage culture that is so bloody erosive. Someone makes a joke, someone gets offended... then the media picks up on it and runs a story with a dramatic headline like "Kiwi sausage company grilled over 'foul, disgusting' image". Just fuck off with that bullshit.
Another example of this is H&M running an ad with a black kid wearing a hoody with the words "coolest monkey in the jungle". Completely pure intentions, and the kids mother has absolutely no problem with it. But no, somebody somewhere got offended because they think black people are monkey's (I.E. they're racist) and suddenly artists like The Weekend are boycotting H&M over something completely harmless - comparing a child to a monkey as they display the same playful characteristics. And the biggest losers are (potentially) the hard working employees at H&M who will be made redundant if their profits take a hit.
The idea that being offended somehow makes you a morally superior human being is being perpetuated through social media and bullshit media outlets running stories like this, and I for one am fucking sick of it.
In summary: if you're offended by something, I don't give a shit - grow the fuck up.
/rant over.
That reminded me of the movie about Howard Cosell and Monday Night Football in the US. He was one of Ali's biggest supporters and caused an outcry because he described a black running back as a monkey, yet he referred to his own grandson that way (that's how the movie portrayed it anyways). I call my own son a monkey on a semi-regular basis. I should book his future therapy sessions to manage his ethnic confusion syndrome and start my self flagellating now
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@no-quarter 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 picture the owner of this company and his marketing guy sitting back smoking cigars Hannibal from A team style and laughing at the free publicity Vegans and vegetarians have just given them for the price of one instagram photo. I’m definitely keeping an eye out for their snags from now on.
This is such bullshit, and good on the company for not issuing an apology of any sorts. So you're offended... big fucking deal.
I don't know why the Herald even ran this story, and I really wish they didn't. Journalistic integrity is at a historic low and it's actually having an impact on society now, with companies taking massive hits to profits because of faux outrage generated for clicks.
So a few people on social fucking media got offended by something, so what? Why is that news? This is what generates the outrage culture that is so bloody erosive. Someone makes a joke, someone gets offended... then the media picks up on it and runs a story with a dramatic headline like "Kiwi sausage company grilled over 'foul, disgusting' image". Just fuck off with that bullshit.
Another example of this is H&M running an ad with a black kid wearing a hoody with the words "coolest monkey in the jungle". Completely pure intentions, and the kids mother has absolutely no problem with it. But no, somebody somewhere got offended because they think black people are monkey's (I.E. they're racist) and suddenly artists like The Weekend are boycotting H&M over something completely harmless - comparing a child to a monkey as they display the same playful characteristics. And the biggest losers are (potentially) the hard working employees at H&M who will be made redundant if their profits take a hit.
The idea that being offended somehow makes you a morally superior human being is being perpetuated through social media and bullshit media outlets running stories like this, and I for one am fucking sick of it.
In summary: if you're offended by something, I don't give a shit - grow the fuck up.
/rant over.
This post is probably my favourite this year.
I follow George Takai on FB. He used to be quite funny until Trump came in now he just posts clickbait shit too. The latest of his one is millenials getting offended by watching re runs of 'Friend's'. ( yes you read that right )
Apparently Ross is a closet homophobe and Chandler won't talk to his Dad cos he is a cross dresser. The outrage in the comments section is deafening, needless to say the voices of reason stick up for it and point out that it's a good thing these Snowflakes haven't watched Married with Children.
@No-Quarter I couldn't agree more with what you have written but the scary thing is what so many of these lib snowflakes think. Apparently we're not allowed to laugh at Billy T James cos he took the piss out of....well everyone. Fuck off. Some of his comedy was genius.....
I was at a family bbq and my future father in law ( who is a fucken hilarious Maori fulla ) handed me his great granddaughter to hold. The baby instantly screamed and he laughed and said 'Bro, you're not black enough!'....classic humour.....but wouldn't be if I was a millennial. He was mocking my pigmentation and I could have been grossly offended.
If walking on fucken eggshells for fear of offending anyone is the future of the world then count me as one of the proud old school who'll never change.
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@virgil said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
Welcome to to age of internet/online news. Would they have forked out for the cost of printing these stories in paper when it was the only source of news?
Fuck no, but it’s easy to run these bullshit puff pieces now. I can only assume there’s a team of untrained ‘journalists’ who’s only job is too hunt down to ‘write’ this shit. Post online then wait for the clicks.Yeah, the internet has changed journalism for the worse. As you say the cost of printing, but also the way advertising revenue is based on how many clicks a particular story gets, which leads to the media trying to over dramatize everything to maximize clicks for more revenue. So anything that may cause "outrage" gets front and centre.
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@no-quarter said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
Another example of this is H&M running an ad with a black kid wearing a hoody with the words "coolest monkey in the jungle". Completely pure intentions, and the kids mother has absolutely no problem with it.
Hang on...
They put a black kid in a hoodie and linked him to being a monkey...and claimed to have the purest of intentions? And the idea that this could generate some sort of shitstorm never occurred to anyone on that marketing team?
Well, I'd say that team are either idiots or liars.
I reckon, if Trump has taught us anything, it's that there's a fair degree of truth in the old saying of there being no such thing as bad publicity.
I'm highly suspicious that a lot of these marketing "fails" are intentionally designed to generate outrage and publicity.
In recent times, I suspect Lorde's marketing team over her Israel concert. I bet that has done no harm in building profile and gaining spotify hits (not least in Israel).
The sausage company - they probably don't have a marketing team as such. So a somewhat crass joke gone wrong, but some notable spin - "We believe it's important people know where their food comes from".
Really? Why? How will that help your business? What previous efforts have you made in this regard?
We are surrounded by bullshit!
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@Chris-B oh absolutely, many companies are cashing in on the faux outrage for publicity. That doesn't make it a good thing (not that you're implying that). You see it all the time with celebrities that have movies or new albums coming out.
The H&M thing was a picture of one of the hoodies they sell on their website. The kid, and other models, were wearing all different types of hoodies and clothes. Are we saying "coolest monkey in the jungle" is an inappropriate hoody? Or is it only inappropriate for black kids, but white kids can wear it no worries? Or can we just tell the morally superior people yelling racism at every little thing to go fuck themselves? I (and the mother of the kid) way prefer the latter.
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@no-quarter said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@Chris-B oh absolutely, many companies are cashing in on the faux outrage for publicity. That doesn't make it a good thing (not that you're implying that). You see it all the time with celebrities that have movies or new albums coming out.
The H&M thing was a picture of one of the hoodies they sell on their website. The kid, and other models, were wearing all different types of hoodies and clothes. Are we saying "coolest monkey in the jungle" is an inappropriate hoody? Or is it only inappropriate for black kids, but white kids can wear it no worries? Or can we just tell the morally superior people yelling racism at every little thing to go fuck themselves? I (and the mother of the kid) way prefer the later.
I think the latter was the crux of the issue with the restaurant in chch for me. I suspect Asians probably didn't care or get offended but the white lib SJWs went into bat for them instead purely cos they were so pleased to find something to be outraged about.
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@no-quarter Who knows!
But, since you've drawn my attention to this, I now know there is a company called H&M who sell clothes on the internet - where previously I didn't, so there's a win to them - though I doubt it will do them much good.
But, if I'm correct and they've done this monkey trick on purpose then haven't they exploited black people for their own gain? In which case, shouldn't we be outraged and assaulting them with a variety of hashtags?
Life was a lot simpler when we didn't have the internet!
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@Chris-B haha, yeah, those were simpler times. In my opinion we, and everyone else, shouldn't give a shit because it's just a bloody hoody.
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Stick that up your fucken arse Dame Susan and the rest of the SJWs.
'International media storm....' fuck off stuff !!!!
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@rocky-rockbottom said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@antipodean invite her to lunch at Anton's:
I actually had a look at their website because I not only like animals but think that they are delicious. I really don't have a problem with the contradiction and the chooks in my garden are just the lucky ones that aren't on my plate.
The contact page for Anton's had this:
"Feel free to contact us with questions or special requests regarding animals you would like to see exploded in flames with a stick up their arse"
They are in San Francisco...
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@jegga said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@virgil I was following this, the vegans lost
Did you follow that through to the video here?
Southern Belle Hannah Barron Gets Down and Dirty with Another Hand-Wrestled Cat
Catfish noodling is no walk in the park, but Hannah sure makes it look easy.
I wondered what catfish noodling might be...
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@rocky-rockbottom That's pretty good - a lot of time on your hands - and I am a little disappointed that you don't have a larger audience to outrage. Don't like San Fran anyway so no reason to go back other than
Contact The Stinking Rose | We Season Our Garlic With Food! | 430 Columbus Avenue San Francisco CA, 94133
The Stinking Rose A Garlic Restaurant has Californian-Italian cuisine with GARLIC as a major component in the dishes served. Everything from Bagna Calda to Garlic Ice Cream. Let your taste buds enjoy all these garlicky treats. Come now and explore the sights of The Stinking Rose! Located at 430...
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@snowy 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:
@virgil I was following this, the vegans lost
Did you follow that through to the video here?
Southern Belle Hannah Barron Gets Down and Dirty with Another Hand-Wrestled Cat
Catfish noodling is no walk in the park, but Hannah sure makes it look easy.
I wondered what catfish noodling might be...
Yeah noodling is pretty out there . The irony is the cow she was butchering was injured and she put it out of its misery then butchered it and the vegans targeted her over that. They seem to prefer harassing female hunters for some reason , there was this sad case last year.
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@jegga said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
Yeah noodling is pretty out there
So it wasn't the scantily clad young woman fisting a fish in the mouth...
"They seem to prefer harassing female hunters for some reason , there was this sad case last year."
That is awful. Easier to pick on girls than getting told to fuck off by a bloke?
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@snowy 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:
Yeah noodling is pretty out there
So it wasn't the scantily clad young woman fisting a fish in the mouth...
"They seem to prefer harassing female hunters for some reason , there was this sad case last year."
That is awful. Easier to pick on girls than getting told to fuck off by a bloke?
I’m not sure, there’s probably some truth in that though.
