Do you remember the Conscious Men and “Dear Woman,” their little video manifesto/apology to women? If not, please go read my post on them and/or watch at least a minute or two of their creepy, cringeworthy video – you may not be able to take much more. Then watch this: Will Ferrell’s spot-on parody of their video.
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Here’s the original “Dear Woman” video:
Actually, NWO, women can’t be members of the KKK, they can only be members of the Women’s Auxilory. Which shows just how much you know about that sort of thing. In many ways though, this is one of your few areas of blatant ignorance which is a bit of a relief. You aren’t a Klansman, at least. (It is a sad day when your opponent not being in the Klan is one of the few marks in their favor, but I think AWS doesn’t even get that much.)
@NWO:
Hell it almost looks like a mother/daughter lesbian picture.
You obviously are into more, ah, interesting porn than I.
Let me get this straight… getting your clothes to the laundry, loading the machine, moving them to the dryer, taking them back to your room and folding them took a total of ten minutes.
Right…
Even if it was just folding that took ten minutes what that tells me is you weren’t washing all that many clothes.
That or your innumeracy extend to your sense of time.
In case you missed it NWO, would you like to live in Iceland.? Age of Consent is 15, and the rate of divorce is 1.7 per 1.000.
There was one part about women and history that struck me as anti-feminist
this comes off way more as a satire of women’s ridiculous “equality” issues instead of the backhanded compliments and creepy paternalism of the original.
I kind of had some second thoughts about some of this as well
I didn’t watch the original, or the parody (the original one, because blood pressure), the parody because I’m not fond of Will Ferrell
And people wonder why feminists are generally seen as dour, humorless, perpetually-offended killjoys.
I honestly found the video hilarious, and I’m not even that big a fan of Will Ferrell. I’m wondering, is there anything you DO find funny?
@Ion:
If you don’t laugh at this, or at least smile, you have no heart or soul.
There are two more, each as adorable as the last. You have been warned, your squee meter might not be able to take it.
Uh oh.
xD
I find Kirby pretty funny… esp after smex when he makes those weird noises…
>_>
oh wait I wasn’t supposed to say that out loud…
xD
@Ami:
Didn’t I break up with you yesterday? I… I don’t think that’s me making those noises…
I didn’t say you made them TODAY…
they linger xD
And we’re unbroken up neways xD
I’m the woman, so I decide these things. You dun get your half of the cat back tho… xD
Sure, it’s cute. It’s also the kind of thing my mom would email me. Are you also fans of Family Circus? Never mind, my question’s been answered. 🙂
Mr. Fluffles… NOOOoooooo!
I’m a big fan of Marmaduke!
Best. Comic. Evar.
@Ion:
Oh good, then you know I don’t really read it much, nor care for its humor. Though.. since I haven’t talked to anybody about my indifference towards it… You must be psychic! O___O Quick, tell me how many fingers I’m holding up right now!
(Here’s a hint: it isn’t 4)
Ion has a cool mom :3
@Kirbywarp I suspect he’s a big fan… and he paints black rectangles behind him wherever he goes xD
actually that would be a pretty hilarious cosplay… like a sheet of clear plastic with black rectangles painted on it, trailing you xD
With a little whiteboard that people can draw witty slogans on! I feel like this needs to happen…
I also like how one person was representing all feminists and now Kirbywarp is xD
Okay Kirby, while you hold the sceptre, you better enact your policies!
Can you guess how many I’m holding up? Hint – it’s just one. Can you guess which one?
@Ami:
Oooh ooh oooh… Ummm….
*hem hem*
*crickets*
crap…
@Ion:
If you’re feeling randy, I can point you to some websites that will help you out. Just, please, there are some things that are TMI.
Now that we are talking about parodies. I copied a hate screed from a blog, and slightly
changed a few words in one of the copies.
One version looks like it is written by a feminist, and the other looks like it’s from and MRA.
Can you guess which is the real one, and which is the mockup ?
Bonus question: Do you think they looks equally batshit insane ?
A) In current politics, liberal and conservative, choice only matters when it benefits women. More importantly, when women have one of their three priorities filled – money, orgasm, or ego. That’s the ONLY time men’s choices are favored, because our value is forever viewed in relation to the feminist agenda. Men who choose to be separatists, anti-feminist, or sex negative are always vilified as right wing, religious nuts, moral crusaders, or misogynists.
B) In current politics, liberal and conservative, choice only matters when it benefits men. More importantly, when men have one of their three priorities filled – money, orgasm, or ego. That’s the ONLY time women’s choices are favored, because our value is forever viewed in relation to the male agenda. Women who choose to be separatists, anti-sex industry, or sex negative are always vilified as right wing, religious nuts, moral crusaders, or misandrists.
Personally I didn’t think there was enough parody for it to be funny – it was just too similar to the original, retained too much of the creepy and didn’t amp it up enough to be ridiculous. I kinda laughed a little at the bit about not shaving and fetid swamps and the bit about being sorry men died before being able to apologize, but pretty much everything else seemed like it could have been in the original and not been out of place.
And the original was uber-creepy. I got through about 2min 45sec before I had to turn it off.
Isn’t jerking off thinking about someone naked a compliment? I mean, kinda creepy to TELL someone, but if you found out…some other way, why would it hurt so bad?
Ion asked: Is there anything [I] find funny?
TONS of stuff!
All of Terry Pratchett (I have to be careful where I read his stuff because only so many places will allow shrieks of laughter in public)!
Molly Ivins!
Florence King!
The Marx Brothers–all their films, but I’m a special fan of Harpo!
Esther Friesner’s comic fantasy novels!
Bill Watterson’s CALVIN AND HOBBES!!!!!!!
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert 4EVAH!
And see, there are actually some MEN in that list.
I tend to prefer verbal humour over physical humours, so I’m a fan of puns as well.
It is true I don’t find men behaving badly on or off screen funny–but as I did say, I thought Will Ferrell did a FANTASTIC job in STRANGER THAN FICTION (which has some hilarious parts, especially the parts with Dustin Hoffman as an English professor), just as I thought Jim Carrey was brilliant in ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF A SPOTLESS MIND, though I cannot stand to even watch the previews of his other films (I’m sure he’s brilliant at what he does–I just find that sort of comedy boring–and cringe inducing–for example, I also do not find the Three Stooges in the last amusing).