By David Futrelle
Another day, another batch of atrocities and embarrassments, from Donald Trump challenging his secretary of state to a public IQ-test bakeoff to the release of a vomit-inducing tape of Harvey Weinstein demonstrating his, er, pickup technique.
Let’s start with that one, huh, because it’s somehow even worse than it sounds — so much so that you may want to think twice before listening to it.
Weinstein, in conversation with Gutierrez, admits to groping her. Here’s the audio: https://t.co/zSQbK5NV0c pic.twitter.com/vmrrSUp43w
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) October 10, 2017
You can’t help but wonder how many dozens if not hundreds of times Weinstein has had similar, er, conversations with young, vulnerable women.
In other Harvey Weinstein news:
NYT: Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie say Harvey Weinstein sexually harassed them when they were young actresses. https://t.co/1n7FgrNmoW
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 10, 2017
https://twitter.com/rosemcgowan/status/917526296925683713
https://twitter.com/xeni/status/917805989511913472
In non-Harvey Weinstein News That is Not Actually From The Onion, No Really, This is the World We Live in Today:
NEW: Trump proposes ‘IQ tests’ face-off with Tillerson after secretary of state calls him a ‘moron.’ https://t.co/kuCOSALDUl
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) October 10, 2017
How long before Trump tweets a screengrab of an online IQ test.
— Jemaine Clement (@AJemaineClement) October 10, 2017
I challenge Donald Trump to a public Buzzfeed "Tell Us Your Food Preferences And We'll Reveal Which Instagram Cat You Are" quiz showdown.
— David Futrelle (@DavidFutrelle) October 10, 2017
Still have not heard back from the White House on this one.
More news from the alternate reality we’re now stuck in: Melania Trump is feuding with Ivana Trump (yes, Ivana, not Ivanka) over who is the true First Lady.
https://twitter.com/BenjySarlin/status/917450380044390400
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Henry Kissinger is definitely alive and absolutely not being Weekend at Bernie’s-ed pic.twitter.com/xdYNUlrwdC
— Ashley Feinberg (ashleyfeinberg.bsky.social) (@ashleyfeinberg) October 10, 2017
https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/917583613918695424
https://twitter.com/morninggloria/status/917808982819033088
https://twitter.com/lyssfame/status/917127717820153856
Now, cats:
— ねこばす (@neko_bus2010) October 9, 2017
https://twitter.com/MeetAnimals/status/917260879430811648
Ok, some dogs too:
https://twitter.com/dognkitty/status/917382725610332160
https://twitter.com/awwcuteness/status/917244228836691969
Ok, bye.
@dreemr
Frisky Dingo easily had some of the best awkward silence moments in animation. Adam Reed’s penchant for timing translated well into Archer (the ringtone gags in both shows still slay me!) XP
South Park was funny for its absurdity when I was 12, but it got tiresome very fast for me. Same thing with Family Guy when I was 14. There’s the occasional funny clip I see here and there (like when Stewie was traumatized by Queen’s News of the World album cover–that exact thing happened to me when I was a kid), but I couldn’t sit down and watch a whole episode these days.
I’ll add those to my list! Thanks for the recommendations! 🙂
@Gussie
Personally my speculation is, they just didn’t give a shit.
@David, did you use a “Steve Bannon” filter on that post header? Shudder.
@POM <3
Such a tough thing for you to do. I hope they will understand why they shouldn't treat you so thoughtlessly, but that's really out of your control. You did what's right, I think. I hope you feel better for all of it!
I’m more inclined to wonder how well he’d do in an ordinary quiz night at the local pub. The number of times he’s said Nobody knew that [healthcare][finance][disaster recovery][any other aspect of government] was so complicated, thereby informing the world of what he himself never knew, tells me that he’s grossly ignorant of common general knowledge.
Jesalin
I expect workplace harassment is a lot like street harassment. Most blokes need to _see_ what happens to their sister or girlfriend walking down the street when he’s not actually, obviously, right there beside her before they fully get the message. I noticed that Colin Firth said that he found HW to be a horrible bully, but he’d never imagined how that bullying behaviour might be different with women.
Good for you, PoM! I’m so glad you defended your boundaries.
@POM
I’m so happy for you standing up for yourself and your space.
On Harvey Weinstein and sexual assault: I personally agree with Jesalin’s perspective on this. Weinstein wasn’t reported before by men because men don’t give a shit about women’s suffering.
My working assumption is that every cis man has helped cover up abuse of women at some point, so I’m not totally surprised. It’s just so fucking prevalent, and it’s the best explanation I have for why this shit hasn’t been put to a stop yet – men, as a general class, are fighting to perpetuate this situation by pretending it’s not an issue.
I have no faith it will be taken seriously, because frankly American news has stopped talking about the Vegas mass shooting, and we’re not having a conversation about gun control and its intersections with racism. We’re also not talking about everything else that’s gone to hell recently. Puerto Rico, florida, houston, California, the war on women, the racist travel ban… Every day, I become more convinced that there’s no path to justice within the American system.
On Nazis: A few days ago, the Nazis returned to Charlottesville. They didn’t have a long term plan or a permit, 36 of them just showed up with torches and occupied a public park. They were literally escorted to and from by city cops.
As I mull it over, yeah, I have to agree.
“For so long, I thought I would get off scot-free for all those dead Cambodians.”
For those wondering, here is where I talked about the niece sitch before:
https://www.wehuntedthemammoth.com/2017/09/29/im-still-here-thanks-for-your-support-and-your-patience/comment-page-1/#comment-1718195
tl;dr: I’d heard through the family grapevine that my sister wanted my niece to come live with me, and not only do I not want a roommate, I explicitly do not want my niece as a roommate. I was getting panicky about it but should have just chilled.
For all the big show of “OMG NO MORE NAZIS” performed by the Charlottesville politicians, I am shockingly not shocked by this.
I think you’re more right than you know, because men need to see it happen to THEIR sister or THEIR girlfriend before they give a rat’s ass. Harassment happening to a random woman who doesn’t belong to them? Not their problem! Nothing to see here, boys will be boys!
Nor did he care enough to think about it, because it wasn’t a woman who belonged to him in danger.
I do love Rick and Morty…. Mostly because I am a huge fan of Dan Harmon. Who is Rick. Dan Harmon is a diagnosed sociopath. He knows it’s his biggest problem, that it affects every relationship he has, so he brings that out in Rick. For others who are a fan of Dan Harmon and want.to understand him better, there is a documentary of when he took his D&D podcast on the road, that is equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking. Rick and M orty is just smarter than most TV, which is geared mostly for Lowest Common Denominator, that’s how TV works, with the occasionally truly brilliant show. Though we did get a Rennasaince from Netflix,Hulu, and Amazon… Though that’s calming down a bit, sadly. As for Harvey… I always knew he was a monster, so it didn’t surprise me he was a molester as well. He always seemed the type, and i hope he gets the justice he deserves.
I would also like to congratulate PoM and offer nyooms.
http://i.imgur.com/eq4EXB3.jpg
Re: Adult animation – How is Clone High not on that list?? I know it was only really popular in Canada, but everyone is missing out. Fair warning, it is only one season.
WILL THAT EMBED WHO KNOWS. It is the intro.
I also really liked Undergrads, also one season:
Okay, this isn’t really ‘adult’, but I loved it. Also one season…??
Cybersix! If you watched it on FOX, you watched the shitty version, where they cut out all the slower parts. Give it another try! An English Canada/Japan coproduction of a comic from Argentina that was translated into French??? I don’t know how this happened, but the style is pretty cool lookin’ for an anime.
PoM: Congrats, I think you did the right thing. Good job on sticking with your ‘no’.
And about the actual topic – ugh. I listened to the recording, it was horrifying.
The UK foreign office has had to resort to making an animation about how the Iran Nuclear deal works and tweeting it, in the hopes the US government will stay on board. That’s reassuring.
https://mobile.twitter.com/ukinusa/status/916061153335349249
Wow, I thought it was the incels that were mainly the ones to watch out for
Turns out powerful rich men can also be fucking freaks with no repect
@Rhuu – thanks for the recommendations!
@Rhuu
Wow. We basically watched the same cartoons. I remember (and miss) all three of those! Undergrads I don’t think has aged as well, but I still find myself quoting Clone High to this day. The episode where Joan (poorly) disguises herself as a boy named “John D’arc” to play basketball because she’s the only one competent enough still has some the best gags at the expense of toxic masculinity I’ve ever seen in a TV show, let alone a cartoon. I was praying there would have been a second season of that show, but the 13 episodes we have are treasures back to front.
“Makeover makeover… makeover makeover… makeover makeover… MAKEOVER! Makeover makeover… makeover makeover… makeover makeover… for you and meeeee…!”
@Gussie Jives, Rhuu
“And now, on a very special episode of Clone High….” *grin*
http://mtv.mtvnimages.com/arc/images/shows/other/106_clonehigh.jpg
@POM
http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/13400000/To-Rachel-Well-Done-yorkshire_rose-13489236-400-320.jpg
If they come back for more, I recommend the broken record technique.
“No, I really don’t want a roommate.”
“No, I really don’t want a roommate.”
“No, I really don’t want a roommate.”
“No, I really don’t want a roommate.”
So, CNN has a piece on the “embattled” Manhattan D.A. who didn’t prosecute HW for sexual assault, then didn’t prosecute trump and the cyborg first daughter for real estate fraud. Priceless is his insistence that the campaign donations from HW’s lawyer and from the dumpster hisself had no influence on his decisions
Pee Vee:
How do they justify getting bent out of shape about a video game where you kill Nazis while simultaneously denying that they are Nazis? Cognitive dissonance is one thing, but that goes beyond…
Meanwhile, I’m glad to see Georgina is kicking Harvey to the curb. My question is how she ended up with him in the first place. Does not compute based on either of their (admittedly) public personas. Just proves all those MGTOWs and incels wrong. You obviously don’t have to be a “Chad” or even be a decent person to have a relationship with an attractive woman.
@Gussie Jives, Fishy Goat:
STAMOS!!!
http://previously.tv/m/2013-08-19-clone-high.jpg
For a while there, Staios was on a hockey team I’d hear a bunch about, and I was always saying ‘STAIOS!!!!’ curling my fingers. Sometimes people got it.
@Gussie Jives: That was one of the last times I had consistent TV, sadly. We are perhaps similar ages. 😀
Though I am also really enjoying ‘Son of Zorn’, it’s pretty ridiculous.
@dreemr: You are as welcome as the flowers in spring.
Hey David,
Good to see you posting again- I hope it’s a sign that your bad health situation is on the wane.
I don’t know what filter you used for the header photo, but can I request that we don’t go back to this one? I know that the idea is to create unsettling images, but this one looks like someone’s beaten up Weinstein so badly that his face is a mess of stitches, which I don’t really need to see.
@Rhuu – apparently an illiterati
Cyber Six is no longer appropriate for our time. Dr. von Reichter is obviously a “people with different opinions”-scientist and punching his goons is wrong. Cyber Six should have sat down with them and debated them online until her ideas proved superior. Also, she is mentally ill because she dresses as a man half of the time.
I’m just telling how it is! REEELZ OVER FEEELZ!
/S
@numerobis,
Somewhat belatedly, I thought that thread was hilarious.
P.S. Cara Delevigne is the latest to report being assaulted.