Saturday, August 13, 2016

PODCAST RECAP FOR 8/13/2016: Goons Commiting Crimes

ECHO CHAMBER EPISODE 177

-Arcanon, we're your friends. Please stop doing crimes. First you start off by having been mistakely banned in GTA V then you commit more dire crimes, like marijuana needles or saying the cusswords.

Remember: When you want to do crimes, instead eat a lime.

-Having since played Lucioball, I can confirm that it's really fun to play, and lends itself better to a proper soccer proxy than ROcket League, since your characters don't move as fast or as loose as a car, so you have more control, and more players per team lends better to having strict positions (usually forward/midfield/goalie)

-FUN FACT: The Soldier being healed by a medic in TF2 is called the "Pocket Soldier" and the un-Medic Soldier is called the "Roaming Solider"

-"Cowboy" by Kid Rock




-Here's just one example of Ubers's cosplay witchcraft:







The Goon is seriously really good, and when it takes a break from the hilarious action to focus on The Goon as a human being, then it gets required reading for any comic fan. Yeah, there's punching zombies and all some freaky mob shit going down but yo, check this: The mob boss he was The Goon for gunned down the aunt who raised Lil' Goon who then bashed the boss's head in with a rock out of vengeance.

-Rhythm Bastard's Super Group
Vocals: Janelle Monae
Lead Guitar: Tom Morello
Rhythm Guitar: Nile Rodgers
Bass: Flea
Drums: Travis Barker

Arcanon's Super Group
Vocals: David Draiman
Guitar: Tom Morello
Bass: Justin Chancellor
Drums: Neil Peart

Jeff's Super Group
Vocals: "Zoli" Téglás
Guitar: Trevor Riley
Guitar: Tepe
Bass: Matt Freeman
Drums: Brooks Wackerman

Mystakin's Super Group
Vocals and Guitar: Orianthi
Bass: Rob Trujio
Drums: Zack Starky


-All Metallica Songs In 4 Minutes:



I'D RATHER NOT EPISODE 23

-For more info on Jonesy Spencerson, click here!
Recap: Music!Jonesy: A harrowing tale of intrigue with Orwellian Inspiration.
Podcast!Jonesy: A dumb carny barker voice I do.

-Now, I'd like to address two moments early in the podcast.
Owen and John: Heihachi? Heahachi! Heihachi. Heihachi!
Jonesy: Who's this Heihachi fellow? Are the Japs coming back?

Alex: Can we call an audible? I don't want to focus on them being fat people, how about "your car is filled to capacity".
Me: That is an acceptable substitute.
John: Or how about just sweaty people?
Alex: Filled to capacity with sweaty people.
John: I FUCKING SWEAT A LOT! or something like that

Looking back at these two moments, there was no reason for me to use that particular language and a substitute was readily available.

Same as with the Kaiju episode a few weeks ago. Was there a reason I had to use "gypsy"? Why not "witch" or something?

Like Jonesy could have said something like "Wasn't he a general during WWII?" Or "I prefer to drive American!" Something that shows that he's still in that era and an idiot, but not using that particular term.

Or my half of the question: why did I specify fat people? The change we made kept the main thrust of the question, and none of my responses changed as well.

Because society, they were the "natural" response. Mystic powers and vengence? OF COURSE gypsies. Sweaty and stinky? OF COURSE fat people. But why?

It took just a smidgen of effort to change it to where I would be able to communicate the same endpoint and nobody would be excluded/offended. 

It's why all of these people who complain about "PC CULTURE IS RUINING COMEDY! WHY IS EVERYONE SO OFFENDED?" come off as lazy. Slurs and stereotypes aren't the backbone of comedy and ideas, they're a crutch that defy reality and keep those already marginalized down. For example, I could have used "bitch" instead of "complain" in that first sentence. However, I caught myself doing it often, and decided to use the word I actually meant.

Every post, every song, everything I do is a challenge. As Mark Rosewater from Magic The Gathering puts it, "Restrictions breed creativity". Status Quo Radio was a set of restrictions. My Magic The Gathering songs are a set of restrictions. The fact that I try to connect something real to this unrelated thing is what I love about doing music, and it's a restriction.

If "respecting people who are different" is a restriction too large to bear, then please vacate society.

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