Society/Culture Woke. Can you tell real from parody? - Part 2 -

[Ghost Patrol]

British comedy is based on the bumbling idiot trope.

They are the leaders of this field.

/yakety.sax

 

[kranky al]

What are their preferred pronouns?

Hey how do trans serial killers kill their victims?


















































They / them

 

[sr36]

The Volvo ad is unusual in that it has a straight white man (who is not cast as a bumbling idiot).

It's a capitalist conspiracy. All these companies driven by profit with long histories of not giving a shit about woke issues have decided to attack you.

 

[the_interloper]

No, I never said that. Plenty of them are though, wouldn't you agree?

Why pretend they don't exist, when they clearly do.

Yeah we’re so lame man!

 

[Ghost Patrol]

It seems that being woke doesn't mean you're not a bigot.

Be the change you want to see. Lead by example.

You are a sensitive new age white guy, not a bumbling idiot, yeah?

 

[sr36]

British comedy is based on the bumbling idiot trope.

They are the leaders of this field.

/yakety.sax

Yep. Benny Hill was woke. He helped to spread this trope. Clearly tapping into a woke agenda.

Check out this woke rubbish:

 

[Ghost Patrol]

Yep. Benny Hill was woke. He helped to spread this trope. Clearly tapping into a woke agenda.

Check out this woke rubbish:

Weird isn't it. Benny Hill dressed like a lady, but never got called woke. Until now.




Frank Bum , what do you think?

 

[Ghost Patrol]

All I'm saying guys, is that the Jaguar ad is quintessential British comedy.

 

[sr36]

Weird isn't it. Benny Hill dressed like a lady, but never got called woke. Until now.


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Frank Bum , what do you think?

Al Bundy. Another one helping to spread the trope. Homer Simpson (although yellow rather than white). Fred Flinstone. This hideous trope that is destroying the lives of white man has been assidously spread for years by a woke mainstream media going back to the 60s and probably beforehand.

 

[Ghost Patrol]

Al Bundy. Another one helping to spread the trope. Homer Simpson (although yellow rather than white). Fred Flinstone. This hideous trope that is destroying the lives of white man has been assidously spread for years by a woke mainstream media going back to the 60s and probably beforehand.

Harold Bishop tried to smash the third wall and we ended up with Albanese

 

[Gough]

Al Bundy. Another one helping to spread the trope. Homer Simpson (although yellow rather than white). Fred Flinstone. This hideous trope that is destroying the lives of white man has been assidously spread for years by a woke mainstream media going back to the 60s and probably beforehand.

Modern men need to harden up a bit, any suggestion that they aren't still mummy's best and brightest seems to attract paroxysms of anger that wasn't there even twenty years ago.

 

[the_interloper]

Modern men need to harden up a bit, any suggestion that they aren't still mummy's best and brightest seems to attract paroxysms of anger that wasn't there even twenty years ago.

The old "man up" argument hey

 

[Ghost Patrol]

Modern men need to harden up a bit, any suggestion that they aren't still mummy's best and brightest seems to attract paroxysms of anger that wasn't there even twenty years ago.

Everybody gets a ribbing

 

[Gough]

The old "man up" argument hey

How else do you explain shit being lost because Budweiser made a personalised beer can for a trans women?

 

[Frank Bunn]

EVs have probably surpassed ice in terms of economics in terms of price being offset by running costs. They've definitely surpassed them in terms of environmental impact. They're not yet as convenient due to charging issues.

But this is about the future with a backdrop of consistent strong improvement in EV tech and infrastructure whilst ICE improves very very slowly. It's pretty clear where we're heading.

If you just look at it from an Australian perspective, it's easy to position it as woke versus non-woke, but this is global. It's where the globabl investement, research and development is targetted - by government as well as very un-woke (despite some of their statements) for profit firms. And to cap it off, the very un-woke forward planning Chinese government have gone all in on EV. It's just not a culture wars issue - it's a technology issue with EVs making rapid ground and looking like surpassing ICE pretty soon, which will benefit the world.

Like I said above, there's definitely a place for EVs but governments shouldn't be forcing manufacturers to make that switch. If the technology is superior, and the costs and convenience stack up for buyers then the market will dictate.

Car makers have committed to 'benefiting the world', by reducing emissions or buying carbon credits from Tesla. Most have a sensible strategy to have both EVs and ICE in their showrooms. Jaguar have gone alone with their fully woke strategy but it is currently not a car maker. It has become just a marketing brand that has ditched its long heritage and its customer base. It may or may not start selling cars again in 2026.

 

[the_interloper]

How else do you explain shit being lost because Budweiser made a personalised beer can for a trans women?

Sorry you're right, if modern men were more manly that would have never happened.

 

[Gough]

Sorry you're right, if modern men were more manly that would have never happened.

I don't regard resilience as a masculine concept, it's universal and if a personalised beer can upsets you so much you end up calling for a consumer boycott I'd definitely say it's part of your personality that needs looking at.

 

[sr36]

Like I said above, there's definitely a place for EVs but governments shouldn't be forcing manufacturers to make that switch. If the technology is superior, and the costs and convenience stack up for buyers then the market will dictate.

Car makers have committed to 'benefiting the world', by reducing emissions or buying carbon credits from Tesla. Most have a sensible strategy to have both EVs and ICE in their showrooms. Jaguar have gone alone with their fully woke strategy but it is currently not a car maker. It has become just a marketing brand that has ditched its long heritage and its customer base. It may or may not start selling cars again in 2026.

The Aust government is letting markets decide. However they're incentivising shifts to lower emissions. How else can they claim to have emission targets? Just sit back and hope the market moves in that direction?

 

[Frank Bunn]

All I'm saying guys, is that the Jaguar ad is quintessential British comedy.

If Jag released their ad on April 1 then reacted to the criticism by acknowledging it was a joke they might have had some credibility. But instead they doubled down by having a hissy fit about the 'hatred'.

Jag is shutting down their production lines. Up to 40,000 workers laid off. But **** them. They are mostly straight white guys.

 

[Ghost Patrol]

Like I said above, there's definitely a place for EVs but governments shouldn't be forcing manufacturers to make that switch. If the technology is superior, and the costs and convenience stack up for buyers then the market will dictate.

Car makers have committed to 'benefiting the world', by reducing emissions or buying carbon credits from Tesla. Most have a sensible strategy to have both EVs and ICE in their showrooms. Jaguar have gone alone with their fully woke strategy but it is currently not a car maker. It has become just a marketing brand that has ditched its long heritage and its customer base. It may or may not start selling cars again in 2026.

 

[Gough]

It seems that being woke doesn't mean you're not a bigot.

What if some of your best friends are straight white men? You can't be bigoted then.

 

[kranky al]

Modern men need to harden up a bit, any suggestion that they aren't still mummy's best and brightest seems to attract paroxysms of anger that wasn't there even twenty years ago.

If you look at the folk that get angry at it they tend to be ….. lesser examples.

That’s why they get so upset. They re/semble/sent it.

 

[Frank Bunn]

What if some of your best friends are straight white men? You can't be bigoted then.

So we've gone from "man up" to "some of my best friends are straight white men"?

 

[Frank Bunn]

The Aust government is letting markets decide. However they're incentivising shifts to lower emissions.

These two things are contradictory.

 

[sr36]

What if some of your best friends are straight white men? You can't be bigoted then.

I find white men to either be woke due to being woke, or woke by conforming to the trope of un-woke white men.