That people are so quick to judge and not bothering to even verify the source before getting angry so quickly isn't an irony in a thread discussing about people getting easily offended?
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Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson hits out at 'snowflake generation' for 'looking for a reason to be offended (Update: The Rock Says Interview Never Happened)
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That people are so quick to judge and not bothering to even verify the source before getting angry so quickly isn't an irony in a thread discussing about people getting easily offended?
"His movies suck anyway"
Seriously I don't why people say stuff like that as if you not liking their work is somehow related to whatever controversy the person is in.
Honestly, in this case all I did was open The Independent article. They directly linked The Sun. Like, no research required. They linked directly to the tabloid as the source. Go to the OP article and see for yourself.
I do generally agree that we shouldn't have to do that for trusted news sources and I believe The Independent was reasonably well trusted. This is pretty messy for them and whatever other outlets ran the story without doing the same minimal due diligence I did here. This was not super sleuthing. I did not find Carmen Sandiego. I read a few strange paragraphs then clicked a link to the source and said, "....lmao."
Indeed. Though many people probably don't know that the Sun is a tabloid so they wouldn't discount the article unless they were to click the link and see the site lol
Once they dive in, right or wrong, they feel like they have to validate being in that place.
Being easily offended isn't the same as being easily mislead. We are gullible, easy to fool. But if it was true what he allegedly said, people taking issue with it would be absolutely valid. Calling out what was claimed he said isn't being a snowflake.
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What was particularly interesting were the posts saying stuff like "yea, Vin deisel was right!" Or "screw the rock, I liked Vin better" or something along the lines, cause you know, Vin diesel is the bastion of light we all aspire to be! (Recalls awkward/creepy moment with brazillian reporter)
True unfortunately. Plenty of respected outlets named The Sun and I can see that mistake being made here, as UK Sun is definitely not among them. Unfortunate situation.
Anyone have a head count on how many "respected" outlets ran this story?
A few people called you out for how insensitive your posts were considering you have zero idea the personal life situations of these workers, nor how "just quit your job and get a new one" has never being a rational piece of advice in the context of work culture, and you immediately jump to "jesus people just gatekeeping, can't speak against the hive mind!" and just bailed from the thread.
Not that many people even called you out on it, you just immediately jumped to the defensive and started complaining about the hivemind.
You literally became a snowflake the moment anyone offered even the slightest resistance to your opinion.
The absolute fucking irony you would come into this thread to complain about them being on this forum when you, yourself, are the example.
The whole point of "lurk moar" is specifically that people jump on boards (or in this case, into topics) where there has already been discussion (in this case, there has been a long history of discussion on this board related to the use of snowflake, "outrage culture", etc. complete with sources) to post takes that are blatantly ignorant of said discussion and which, in practice, accomplish little more than disrupting whatever discussion might actually be viable, and disparaging other users.
It doesn't disqualify anyone from posting, and I have no control over what people decide to post where. But it sure as hell shows someone's ass and their lack of any real thought or understanding put into the subject. If you think those kinds of posts should be given the same weight or consideration as others, well idk what to tell you. That is wild.
It was shitty and it still is shitty. You're completely welcome to prove what I just said wrong but your conduct in here and that last thread gives me the impression your energy is going to go into making blanket statements about members of this forum to paint them as a hivemind. Which, again, is shitty.
Stop re-enacting the same argument Era has every day with the same trolls and answer my important question please, it's very important
Yeah those posts were embarrassing to say the least, along with the "he hasn't made a good movie" ones.
I believe that's typically really hard to be successful with against those papers - or any paper.
Damn. Got me. Dead on.
Because he has history being a Republican and it wasn't a decade ago.
So this is a thread that was apparently about some celebrity showing his ass, where some peeps were busy putting some other celebrity on a pedestal by saying such things as "I always knew this person was better", only to look like asses because this is fake news anyway. 20 page thread and not one of you niggas actually tried to read the original "interview" the article was apparently claiming these comments come from.
How is this not the first thing you do? If you see a topic where someone says this, how is the first thing you do not to find the actual interview so you can read everything he's said? Had even one person done that, you would've realized something is off here. Straight up, internet is filled with dumbasses. Like, you can't help but laugh at this.
How is this not the first thing you do? If you see a topic where someone says this, how is the first thing you do not to find the actual interview so you can read everything he's said? Had even one person done that, you would've realized something is off here. Straight up, internet is filled with dumbasses. Like, you can't help but laugh at this.
Message board poster who doesn't pay attention to the thread title looks silly.
Some choice quotes from the original article:
It takes 20 seconds to google the source. Pretty simple thing anyone should be doing these days considering this isn't the first time websites have ran with something that isn't true. It's happened enough times that at the very least, you should be checking the source for the full comments and context. It's like dudes want to get their words in because they "care", but apparently don't care enough to spend the 1 or 2 minutes it takes to actually get a full overview.
If anyone bothered reading the original article, your bullshit alarms would be going off.
It takes 20 seconds to google the source. Pretty simple thing anyone should be doing these days considering this isn't the first time websites have ran with something that isn't true. It's happened enough times that at the very least, you should be checking the source for the full comments and context. It's like dudes want to get their words in because they "care", but apparently don't care enough to spend the 1 or 2 minutes it takes to actually get a full overview.
I think you're expecting too much from a lot of biased people..
lol. thread exposed a lot of people for a lot of unexpected reasons.
because it took us 800 posts and 1 Rock video tweet before someone *ahem* decided to actually click through to see the source of the article ran by the publication in the OP and call it out for what it was: trash from a run-of-the-mill UK tabloid. I wasn't the first that noticed the source was questionable, but maybe the first to officially call bullshit. Trust in the OP's link + lack of familiarity with UK tabloids = mess that apparently spread far enough for The Rock to notice and have to address.
Cuz it was discovered pretty recently that it's fake and there seems to be an overarching discussion about the sentiment, instead of it coming from DJ, since so many people are coming out of the woodwork to agree with it.
Headlines found exclusively in the Daily Star, interestingly enough. Many of them also based on fabricated stories.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say the Rock probably isn't an avid follower of UK tabloid media, specifically one paper whose claim to fame is that it's marginally cheaper than the others.
I guess im just confused as to why someone should be told to lurk, and have one of the reasons be "you post mainly in OT threads" or even hiding(?) in them. That doesnt connect with me. Im just curious why that should matter at all. The rest seems to be a personal issue with you and him.
But I will say since you put the question to me, I do think his posts (or those like it) should be given the same consideration or weight as others. Doesnt look like a shit post to me. And shouting down others or saying their opinion should matter less or telling them to go back to lurking seems like a poor choice.
We'll just have to agree to disagree.
The Rock just shot himself in the foot.
I don't know how much the rest of you know about millennials (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like being a baby boomer where you can become successful by being an asshole. If you screw a millennial over, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.
What this means is the millennial public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to see any of The Rock's movies. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but The Great One has alienated an entire market with this move.
Brahma Bull, publicly apologize and cancel Jumanji 2 or you can kiss your business goodbye.
I don't know how much the rest of you know about millennials (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like being a baby boomer where you can become successful by being an asshole. If you screw a millennial over, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.
What this means is the millennial public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to see any of The Rock's movies. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but The Great One has alienated an entire market with this move.
Brahma Bull, publicly apologize and cancel Jumanji 2 or you can kiss your business goodbye.
Lol an imaginary line in the sand was drawn and posters like that took a side. The Rock is on the other side shaking his head.
A shining example from late last year:
Spoiler: You could make it up, because they did.
60p for a Twirl isn't too bad these days though.
No, you didn't. You did the same as everyone else. Even tied these imaginary comments from The Rock to Kevin Hart. You have like 20 posts where you don't even point out the original article or mention anything seeming strange about them.
I saw The Rock at a grocery store in Los Angeles yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn't want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything.
He said, "Oh, like you're doing now?"
I was taken aback, and all I could say was "Huh?" but he kept cutting me off and going "huh? huh? huh?" and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying.
The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like "Sir, you need to pay for those first." At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.
When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually "to prevent any electrical infetterence," and then turned around and winked at me. I don't even think that's a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.
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