Are you not not going to watch the Oscars this year?

[spike]

there are no stakes for anyone in any of this

[Birds in Hell]

I can't for the life of me imagine how you've walked away from this thinking Chris fucking Rock is irreparably damaged

Who said this

[Ms Harmless]

whoever said ten pages ago that the joke was racially loaded, please explain yourself.

yeah, by using the actual text spoken, instead of grasping at straws

you mean how you used the actual text spoken?

yes

having the simplest and most lazily thought-through interpretation and extrapolation of the text possible is not the same thing

no... it was a simple, dumb joke, which can most easily be interpreted as a compliment.. and you're reading it as lashing out at the bald, black, female community.. i'm just confused how you got there

I don't give a shit how confused you are; things aren't wrong because they confuse you, Tree

You simply haven't explained yourself. You think people in power are constantly out to oppress and victimize vulnerable people, even when you don't have evidence. It's an unhealthy, unproductive worldview, and innocent (sometimes hilarious) people are getting physically assaulted by the likes of Will Smith, in the name of love, nonetheless, and somehow you've come out of this on the side of the victimizer. It's baffling.

a big strong man is not a "victimizer" for slapping another big strong man on the cheek; those powers are equal

You still haven't explained how you got to where you did from the very simple joke/compliment. And I've spelled out to you how I got to "probably innocuous" very clearly. Still baffled, not because I'm stupid, but because you haven't explained.

I've explained, I just haven't explained to your satisfaction; I think I'll be OK with that

[Ms Harmless]

I can't for the life of me imagine how you've walked away from this thinking Chris fucking Rock is irreparably damaged

Who said this

oh hi

[spike]

whoever said ten pages ago that the joke was racially loaded, please explain yourself.

yeah, by using the actual text spoken, instead of grasping at straws

you mean how you used the actual text spoken?

yes

having the simplest and most lazily thought-through interpretation and extrapolation of the text possible is not the same thing

no... it was a simple, dumb joke, which can most easily be interpreted as a compliment.. and you're reading it as lashing out at the bald, black, female community.. i'm just confused how you got there

I don't give a shit how confused you are; things aren't wrong because they confuse you, Tree

You simply haven't explained yourself. You think people in power are constantly out to oppress and victimize vulnerable people, even when you don't have evidence. It's an unhealthy, unproductive worldview, and innocent (sometimes hilarious) people are getting physically assaulted by the likes of Will Smith, in the name of love, nonetheless, and somehow you've come out of this on the side of the victimizer. It's baffling.

a big strong man is not a "victimizer" for slapping another big strong man on the cheek; those powers are equal

You still haven't explained how you got to where you did from the very simple joke/compliment. And I've spelled out to you how I got to "probably innocuous" very clearly. Still baffled, not because I'm stupid, but because you haven't explained.

I've explained, I just haven't explained to your satisfaction; I think I'll be OK with that

can we call today's debate club a draw and go back to making fun of this stupid thing that happened?

[tree_]

either I'm minimising the power of a smack on the cheek, or others are minimising the power of a "harmless" joke

I've taken a position that makes sense to me and been dragged for it, it's fine, but even if you think the joke wasn't harmful, I can't for the life of me imagine how you've walked away from this thinking Chris fucking Rock is irreparably damaged

If you don't want to explain why you have your opinion or how you got there, that's fine, but it will continue to make zero sense.

[tree_]

whoever said ten pages ago that the joke was racially loaded, please explain yourself.

yeah, by using the actual text spoken, instead of grasping at straws

you mean how you used the actual text spoken?

yes

having the simplest and most lazily thought-through interpretation and extrapolation of the text possible is not the same thing

no... it was a simple, dumb joke, which can most easily be interpreted as a compliment.. and you're reading it as lashing out at the bald, black, female community.. i'm just confused how you got there

I don't give a shit how confused you are; things aren't wrong because they confuse you, Tree

You simply haven't explained yourself. You think people in power are constantly out to oppress and victimize vulnerable people, even when you don't have evidence. It's an unhealthy, unproductive worldview, and innocent (sometimes hilarious) people are getting physically assaulted by the likes of Will Smith, in the name of love, nonetheless, and somehow you've come out of this on the side of the victimizer. It's baffling.

a big strong man is not a "victimizer" for slapping another big strong man on the cheek; those powers are equal

You still haven't explained how you got to where you did from the very simple joke/compliment. And I've spelled out to you how I got to "probably innocuous" very clearly. Still baffled, not because I'm stupid, but because you haven't explained.

I've explained, I just haven't explained to your satisfaction; I think I'll be OK with that

You keep saying things like this, but never actually explain.

[spike]

seriously guys, i need to lock the room up so the janitor can do his thing before school tomorrow.

[warehouse]

tree pretending the joke was a compliment is the best part of this whole thing.

[tree_]

tree pretending the joke was a compliment is the best part of this whole thing.

I am more and more unable to see how it wasn't a compliment, the more times I see it.

[Ms Harmless]

either I'm minimising the power of a smack on the cheek, or others are minimising the power of a "harmless" joke

I've taken a position that makes sense to me and been dragged for it, it's fine, but even if you think the joke wasn't harmful, I can't for the life of me imagine how you've walked away from this thinking Chris fucking Rock is irreparably damaged

If you don't want to explain why you have your opinion or how you got there, that's fine, but it will continue to make zero sense.

I don't need it to make sense to you; this isn't the first conversation in which you've concluded that I'm a monster raving looney and it won't be the last

[tree_]

either I'm minimising the power of a smack on the cheek, or others are minimising the power of a "harmless" joke

I've taken a position that makes sense to me and been dragged for it, it's fine, but even if you think the joke wasn't harmful, I can't for the life of me imagine how you've walked away from this thinking Chris fucking Rock is irreparably damaged

If you don't want to explain why you have your opinion or how you got there, that's fine, but it will continue to make zero sense.

I don't need it to make sense to you; this isn't the first conversation in which you've concluded that I'm a monster raving looney and it won't be the last

It can't possibly make sense to anyone. It's just.. "I feel this way because I feel this way"

[Biff Pocoroba]

Back to the actual awards for a moment.
It used to be a rarity that the Best Director and Best Picture didn’t match but that’s happened much more often over the past twenty years or so.

[washing machine]

tree pretending the joke was a compliment is the best part of this whole thing.

I am more and more unable to see how it wasn't a compliment, the more times I see it.

fucking tree

[Ms Harmless]

whoever said ten pages ago that the joke was racially loaded, please explain yourself.

yeah, by using the actual text spoken, instead of grasping at straws

you mean how you used the actual text spoken?

yes

having the simplest and most lazily thought-through interpretation and extrapolation of the text possible is not the same thing

no... it was a simple, dumb joke, which can most easily be interpreted as a compliment.. and you're reading it as lashing out at the bald, black, female community.. i'm just confused how you got there

I don't give a shit how confused you are; things aren't wrong because they confuse you, Tree

You simply haven't explained yourself. You think people in power are constantly out to oppress and victimize vulnerable people, even when you don't have evidence. It's an unhealthy, unproductive worldview, and innocent (sometimes hilarious) people are getting physically assaulted by the likes of Will Smith, in the name of love, nonetheless, and somehow you've come out of this on the side of the victimizer. It's baffling.

a big strong man is not a "victimizer" for slapping another big strong man on the cheek; those powers are equal

You still haven't explained how you got to where you did from the very simple joke/compliment. And I've spelled out to you how I got to "probably innocuous" very clearly. Still baffled, not because I'm stupid, but because you haven't explained.

I've explained, I just haven't explained to your satisfaction; I think I'll be OK with that

You keep saying things like this, but never actually explain.

so you want me to say "things like this" again? cos I can

[tree_]

tree pretending the joke was a compliment is the best part of this whole thing.

I am more and more unable to see how it wasn't a compliment, the more times I see it.

fucking tree

I'm serious! Just watch it and actually listen to what he said. And he's baffled by the boos.

[tree_]

whoever said ten pages ago that the joke was racially loaded, please explain yourself.

yeah, by using the actual text spoken, instead of grasping at straws

you mean how you used the actual text spoken?

yes

having the simplest and most lazily thought-through interpretation and extrapolation of the text possible is not the same thing

no... it was a simple, dumb joke, which can most easily be interpreted as a compliment.. and you're reading it as lashing out at the bald, black, female community.. i'm just confused how you got there

I don't give a shit how confused you are; things aren't wrong because they confuse you, Tree

You simply haven't explained yourself. You think people in power are constantly out to oppress and victimize vulnerable people, even when you don't have evidence. It's an unhealthy, unproductive worldview, and innocent (sometimes hilarious) people are getting physically assaulted by the likes of Will Smith, in the name of love, nonetheless, and somehow you've come out of this on the side of the victimizer. It's baffling.

a big strong man is not a "victimizer" for slapping another big strong man on the cheek; those powers are equal

You still haven't explained how you got to where you did from the very simple joke/compliment. And I've spelled out to you how I got to "probably innocuous" very clearly. Still baffled, not because I'm stupid, but because you haven't explained.

I've explained, I just haven't explained to your satisfaction; I think I'll be OK with that

You keep saying things like this, but never actually explain.

so you want me to say "things like this" again? cos I can

Not necessary.

[spike]

tree pretending the joke was a compliment is the best part of this whole thing.

I am more and more unable to see how it wasn't a compliment, the more times I see it.

fucking tree

it certainly wasn't an insult (assuming rock didn't know about the alopecia).

[Mickey]

Back to the actual awards for a moment.
It used to be a rarity that the Best Director and Best Picture didn’t match but that’s happened much more often over the past twenty years or so.

I maintain that CODA winning best picture might actually be funnier than the slap.

[Ms Harmless]

either I'm minimising the power of a smack on the cheek, or others are minimising the power of a "harmless" joke

I've taken a position that makes sense to me and been dragged for it, it's fine, but even if you think the joke wasn't harmful, I can't for the life of me imagine how you've walked away from this thinking Chris fucking Rock is irreparably damaged

If you don't want to explain why you have your opinion or how you got there, that's fine, but it will continue to make zero sense.

I don't need it to make sense to you; this isn't the first conversation in which you've concluded that I'm a monster raving looney and it won't be the last

It can't possibly make sense to anyone. It's just.. "I feel this way because I feel this way"

it makes sense to me

and Jesus, Tree, your entire account is built around "I feel this way because I feel this way"

but I dare to match you in that and I'm completely irrational