Veronica Belmont on being overtaken by a meme

So as another who didn’t know about this till now. @Veronica I think the .gif is awesome, but then I am the sort that is just jealous that I can’t do that :slight_smile: . However I have been on this planet long enough to know too many dickweeds still have a stick up their asses and it makes me sad that a silly boob joke can cause such crap.

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I hadn’t heard of you before today and hadn’t seen that GIF either. But I watched your entire talk and thought it was pretty good. I liked your point at the end where you suggest that even if we don’t think we are part of the problem, we can still try to have more empathy. So I’m going to try to do that going forward. I haven’t had any cringe-worthy moments immortalized on the internet, but know people who have, and recognize that it’s a real problem.

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YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW YOU SOW

 

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Some men who know they have no chance with an accomplished and beautiful woman turn their rage against women. It can be full on violence and stalking. It can be raging slut shaming. It can be more subtle and passive aggressive like decontextualizing and clipping out a boob shake gif and then sticking it back in her face every time she posts something on the net. But it’s the same energy.

That’s what I was getting at yesterday and waited long enough but finally had to just come out and spray it.

The line is when you are singling someone out and directing your misplaced rage at them.

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“Cape May Brewing Co. co-owner Ryan Krill says his company is brewing 500 gallons of YOPO, or “You Only Pope Once.” The pope-inspired beer is a hoppy pale ale with 5.5 percent alcohol content and will only be available on draft.”
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Okay, @awjt, I just figured it out. Let’s call this the Takei Principle:

If George Takei wouldn’t say it, don’t say it on the Internet.

:smiley: :smiling_imp:

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And again, this example was being used to illustrate my point: even when we post things willingly on the internet (and I agree that I had full knowledge that it could be posted) is it right to have something repeatedly be taken out of context and used as a weapon against that person for all time?

I’m on the very low end of the spectrum. Extremely low. It’s an annoyance to me, but it’s a personal experience that has taught me not to be a dickwad to people online, because I don’t know the full extent of their experiences, what they’ve been through, and how they’ve changed.

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This stuff has less calories than beer!

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Two great tastes?

Nope!
Oral usage

When taken orally by some tribes in South America, small amounts are often combined with alcoholic chichas (maize based beer).[14] Moderate doses are unpleasant, producing nausea and vomiting. The beans were a main ingredient in bilca tauri, an oral purge medicine used to induce ritual vomiting once a month.[14] Large amounts are not usually consumed orally; as many tribes believe oral use is dangerous.

Relevant (and a possible counter-example):

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I think that brilliantly supports the Takei Principle.

Ribbing: check
No butthurt: check
No malice: check
Don’t be a creep: check

I’m making this a Thing :slight_smile:

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At the risk of using the same image twice in one day… Ah, eff it, its approps.

#Internet high five

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I was wondering if you’ve though of a counter attack through dilution? Seriously. Print t-shirts and sell them. Embrace it to the point where you take the power away from those who would use it against you. I’d buy that t-shirt and I’m not even in to boobies. You need to register that image as your trademark. Then get as many of the “we don’t get paid until you get paid” lawyers hounding the porn companies that use it in ads. This video was a great step in owning it, but I would say OWN it. Own it in big, sky writing letters. Every time someone posts it in a comment, post your own immediately after as a link to your t-shirt sales site.

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What about copyright on the original Cthulhu shirt?

I don’t know, IANAL. Could it fall under parody? Blur it out enough to avoid infringement? Partner with the t-shirt company that made it? Waaiiittt a minute… YES! @Veronica, have you thought about partnering with that t-shirt company to make your t-shirts? Imagine how many of the original Cthulhu shirts they could sell! LOL If they aren’t into it I’d just make a shirt of a still of that GIF, but photoshop the Cthulhu shirt to be the GIF still, on down until it was unreadable.

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Haha! Hadn’t thought of that. I do know the guys who made the shirt (J!NX), but not sure how their feelings on that would be :wink:

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That’s what I plan to do with this video! Also, I’ve played some fun games with SEO in the past: http://www.buzzfeed.com/veronicabelmont/veronica-belmont-cleavage-1n4

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I do not understand the meme. I’m not even sure what she was referring to as lifelike.

She looks like she had a good sense of humor. I hope the meme experience didn’t force her to stop horsing around.

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I agree. You go first!

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