Non Footy Chat Thread II

[Poupou Escobar]

Maybe he hung out with Alan Jones

*Pell

 

[Poupou Escobar]

So why is Elon Musk Dr Evil? .... because he stopped the lefty oriented US govt and their agencies censoring twitter? .... did anyone have a particular problem with him before then?

Because he proved that Twitter was indeed the global town square, and only 'a private business that can do what it likes' when it was only censoring conservatives.

 

[TheParraboy]

RIP Barry

 

[Incorrect]

Sympathies to her family...

 

[Poupou Escobar]

*their

 

[hineyrulz]

*their

*they/them get the pronouns right you bigot ffs!!

 

[Gronk]

Sympathies to her family...

*their

*they/them get the pronouns right you bigot ffs!!

You guys shot off too soon. As much as Humphries had a comedic character which was female, he was by no means Eddie Izzard IRL. Indeed, his comments on transgender peeps lead to the award at the Melbourne Comedy Festival - The Barry - being renamed.

Barry Humphries: Top comedy prize renamed after transgender row

Melbourne's comedy festival distances its top award from controversy-hit comedian Barry Humphries.

www.bbc.com

I saw Barry Humphries at the Regent Theatre with my parents back in the day. I must have been 16/17. He played his Dame Edna, Sir Les Patterson and I think a trade union character. A brilliant man.

With respect to his black humour, it was present both in and out of character. He often said that comedy allowed him to offend and walk away.

"I believe that it's the comedian's duty to offend. If we're not offending someone, we're not doing our job properly."

"The right to offend is a fundamental freedom of expression. If we start censoring comedy, we're on a slippery slope to censorship of all kinds of speech."

Barry Humphries suffered from depression, yet he was known to sharply say that people with depression were attention seekers.

Then in a different mood he declared “One of the things that I've learned about depression is that it's a very isolating illness. You feel like you're the only one going through it, but you're not. There are millions of people out there who are struggling with the same thing."

Part if me hopes that his comments on that part of the LGBTQ community was part of his sharp-tongue-in-cheek-never-back-down persona. I asked ChatGPT that question and she said…

Was barry humphries comments about transgender tongue in cheek ?

Barry Humphries has been known for using satire and irony in his comedy performances and public statements, and some of his comments about transgender people have been controversial and criticized as offensive and outdated.

For example, in a 2016 interview with The Spectator, he made some comments that were perceived as transphobic, including referring to transgender women as "mutilated men" and "prosthetic limb enthusiasts." These comments were widely condemned by the LGBTQ+ community and allies.

While Humphries has sometimes defended his comments as "satirical," "ironic," or part of his "comedic persona," many people argue that such language and attitudes are harmful and contribute to a culture of discrimination and violence against transgender people.

It's worth noting that Humphries has also expressed support for LGBTQ+ rights and causes in the past, and has worked with and befriended LGBTQ+ performers and artists. However, his comments about transgender people have been widely criticized and seen as insensitive and inappropriate.



RIP to the best professional shit stirrer in the business.

 

[hineyrulz]

 

[Gary Gutful]

TLDR - Barry Humphries was a merkin.

 

[Gronk]

TLDR - Barry Humphries was a merkin.

+1

 

[strider]

So just to clarify, going forward, can we post a bunch of paragpraphs and say, "chatGPT says" as our source? .... its gonna be fun times

 

[hindy111]

So just to clarify, going forward, can we post a bunch of paragpraphs and say, "chatGPT says" as our source? .... its gonna be fun times

Don't be a f**king smart merkin and obey the rules you cheekie ashol

Have a nice Sunday

 

[Gronk]

So just to clarify, going forward, can we post a bunch of paragpraphs and say, "chatGPT says" as our source? .... its gonna be fun times

I asked ChatGPT for an opinion. Did you not pick up the nuance ?

 

[strider]

I decided to obtain a solid, well sourced opinion myself ... and asked, "Is hindy111 one of the best posters on the Parramatta Eels League Unlimited Forum?" ...

hindy111 joined the League Unlimited forum on October 22nd, 2008. Since then he has made over fifty four thousand posts. While that does not rank him in the top message posters on League Unlimited, it makes him one of the most regular contributors.

Some less astute posters under rate his rugby league knowledge, however it is quite clear that he possesses a very sound in depth understanding of the NRL and is highly educated in the nuances of the game. His predictions are most often highly accurate. There are very few rare occasions where they are inaccurate, however it would be disinformative for anyone to suggest this is frequent.

Some other posters seem to take offense to his references to the Penrith Panthers, however these posters are in all likelihood struggling to come to terms with the Panthers' recent dominance of the NRL and just reacting in an immature manner.

He has a knack for identifying talented rugby league players and regularly makes such observations well in advance of others forming the same conclusions. While his references to his, little birds, is clearly a mischievous self lauding Game of Thrones parallelism, it would appear he does in fact obtain accurate information from connected sources, to which many posters respond in a jealous manner.

hindy111 is also well respected for his cheeky disposition. His parrot joke is one of the forum's all time classics and he seems able to form a witty response in a flash. He demonstrates outstanding culinary ability, but his posting is not limited to football and food, clearly evident by his preemptive accurate discussion of the adoption of medicinal hallucinogenics to Australian mainstream medicine. His own modesty of his understanding of such other topics hides his abundant real world knowledge in these areas.

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

I decided to obtain a solid, well sourced opinion myself ... and asked, "Is hindy111 one of the best posters on the Parramatta Eels League Unlimited Forum?" ...

hindy111 joined the League Unlimited forum on October 22nd, 2008. Since then he has made over fifty four thousand posts. While that does not rank him in the top message posters on League Unlimited, it makes him one of the most regular contributors.

Some less astute posters under rate his rugby league knowledge, however it is quite clear that he possesses a very sound in depth understanding of the NRL and is highly educated in the nuances of the game. His predictions are most often highly accurate. There are very few rare occasions where they are inaccurate, however it would be disinformative for anyone to suggest this is frequent.

Some other posters seem to take offense to his references to the Penrith Panthers, however these posters are in all likelihood struggling to come to terms with the Panthers' recent dominance of the NRL and just reacting in an immature manner.

He has a knack for identifying talented rugby league players and regularly makes such observations well in advance of others forming the same conclusions. While his references to his, little birds, is clearly a mischievous self lauding Game of Thrones parallelism, it would appear he does in fact obtain accurate information from connected sources, to which many posters respond in a jealous manner.

hindy111 is also well respected for his cheeky disposition. His parrot joke is one of the forum's all time classics and he seems able to form a witty response in a flash. He demonstrates outstanding culinary ability, but his posting is not limited to football and food, clearly evident by his preemptive accurate discussion of the adoption of medicinal hallucinogenics to Australian mainstream medicine. His own modesty of his understanding of such other topics hides his abundant real world knowledge in these areas.

Amazing satire!

Your eels forum is one of my favourite forums to visit. A number of funny and interesting posters.

 

[strider]

Amazing satire!

Your eels forum is one of my favourite forums to visit. A number of funny and interesting posters.

satire? .... seems entirely accurate AI to me

 

[hindy111]

satire? .... seems entirely accurate AI to me

Its 99.9% accurate

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

The unofficial rule on the eels forum seems to be to try to post something either atypical or a helpful tip to the community.

As to the latter, my new ripoff toll beeper thing arrived this week and I have applied anti-seize to the plasticky bits so I can remove it with ease later on.



That will hopefully save it from snapping off when it comes time to remove it permanently when the state government eventually buys out the exploitative tolls roads and makes them free for all.

 

[Gronk]

satire? .... seems entirely accurate AI to me

Considering that AI won’t offer subjective judgement on private internet forums, facebook posts or discords, you must have fed it info, key words etc and asked it to write a flamboyant review. Correct ?

 

[strider]

Considering that AI won’t offer subjective judgement on private internet forums, facebook posts or discords, you must have fed it info, key words etc and asked it to write a flamboyant review. Correct ?

I wouldn't even know how to feed it info - is that possible?