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World of Warcraft: Current Year
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Guest, it's time once again for the massively important and exciting FoH Asshat Tournament!
Go here and give us your nominations!Who's been the biggest Asshat in the last year? Give us your worst ones!
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"No one can link me to anything not pure news media to show people knew about something." Dude you fucking know that people hear about things on the fucking news, right? Show me a non-news article about Biden's infrastructure bill. Oh wait you can't? So I guess no one knows about it? It's honestly stunning to me you think no one follows the news, the old network news shows were like the highest rated shows on those channels lol.
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Bill Cosby: Timeline of his fall from 'America's Dad' to his release from prison
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania overturned Cosby's sentence.
I don't really remember exactly when I started to hear about Cosby, but this timeline shows that there were police and TV interviews well before the 2013 BlizzCon. It might not have been well known, but that stuff was out there. It makes a lot more sense that the suite was named for Cosby's behavior rather than because of some connection to a conference room.
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Again, it was 2014 dude, I've linked to the article actually covering Burress's set, I'm not sure why everyone keeps getting the year it went viral off by 1. But anyway, you continue to confuse "this wasn't viral to the degree that I, a stupid person that knows nothing, knew about it, therefore it did not exist." I know it may be shocking to you but there's a broad community of people who know about things based on the news. There's millions of people that watch NBC'S Nightly News, that watch 60 Minutes, that watch CNN, Fox News, etc. That read their local paper. Cosby's stuff was in all those sources. There's like tons of housewives who tune in to NBC Today every single today of the work week. There was literally a joke on 30 Rock about Cosby raping Tracy Jordan's aunt, this was like 4 years before Burress's set--interestingly Burress was later on the writing staff of 30 Rock, which may be where he got more informed about the allegations. Clearly someone on the writing staff of 30 Rock was informed enough that they felt comfortable writing the joke. Bill Maher has claimed he had heard it said Cosby had weird rapey behaviors back to the early 1980s.
30 Rock Called Out Bill Cosby Five Years Ago. We Just Missed It.
In the whirlwind of outrage around Bill Cosby, many people have asked why, given how long ago the first rape allegations against him became public, no...
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Wait, is the infrastructure bill a fucking meme now? A fundamental aspect to memes is that they are culture driven, not news driven. The Cosby meme prior to Hannibal Buress' set had nothing to do with rape.
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I actually don't really know why they called it the Cosby Suite, lots of stupid friend in jokes have stupid stories. I certainly don't think there is any evidence they were running a rape room at Blizzcon, and I think there's a number of HR issues the lawsuit revealed at Blizzard but the "Cosby Suite" thing isn't close to the most serious. I mostly just object to the people claiming that literally no one knew about these allegations before 2014, when they had been featured in national news coverage a decade before. It's asserting that literally no one has the capacity to absorb and retain information.Bill Cosby: Timeline of his fall from 'America's Dad' to his release from prison
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania overturned Cosby's sentence.abcnews.go.com
I don't really remember exactly when I started to hear about Cosby, but this timeline shows that there were police and TV interviews well before the 2013 BlizzCon. It might not have been well known, but that stuff was out there. It makes a lot more sense that the suite was named for Cosby's behavior rather than because of some connection to a conference room.
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It'd be pretty funny if Furor came back to the forum by pretending to be James all this time, and just randomly threw in little things about badges now and then as his only cover.
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I mean so what exactly are you saying here, because Cosby being a rapist wasn't a "well known meme used in the meme community" there is no chance that someone would make a Cosby rape joke? (Odd position since I've linked to a video where the writing staff of 30 Rock did just that in like 2010, but I digress.)
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I'm not watching them but sorting by most viewed gives a good indication of what early internet culture thought of cosby.
They don't seem rape themed, Pokemon theme is the one I remember.
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So, you're saying that the Cosby shit was called out on a COMEDY show written by COMEDIANS and that a COMEDIAN on the writing staff turned that into part of his COMEDIC set? But it was TOTALLY known outside of comedian circles prior to a comedian putting it on blast. And Bill Maher does what, exactly, as a profession? Could it be comedy?!Again, it was 2014 dude, I've linked to the article actually covering Burress's set, I'm not sure why everyone keeps getting the year it went viral off by 1. But anyway, you continue to confuse "this wasn't viral to the degree that I, a stupid person that knows nothing, knew about it, therefore it did not exist." I know it may be shocking to you but there's a broad community of people who know about things based on the news. There's millions of people that watch NBC'S Nightly News, that watch 60 Minutes, that watch CNN, Fox News, etc. That read their local paper. Cosby's stuff was in all those sources. There's like tons of housewives who tune in to NBC Today every single today of the work week. There was literally a joke on 30 Rock about Cosby raping Tracy Jordan's aunt, this was like 4 years before Burress's set--interestingly Burress was later on the writing staff of 30 Rock, which may be where he got more informed about the allegations. Clearly someone on the writing staff of 30 Rock was informed enough that they felt comfortable writing the joke. Bill Maher has claimed he had heard it said Cosby had weird rapey behaviors back to the early 1980s.
30 Rock Called Out Bill Cosby Five Years Ago. We Just Missed It.
In the whirlwind of outrage around Bill Cosby, many people have asked why, given how long ago the first rape allegations against him became public, no...slate.com
But yeah, all the housewives were totally talking about this prior to comedy circles highlighting it...
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You linked an article describing exactly what I'm talking about: the public was not aware of Cosby as a rapist in 2010. Why do you think that would bolster your argument? Of course I'm saying that there's no chance Furor used Cosby as a subtle rape joke, it doesn't make the slightest bit of sense.
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Okay, I was wrong. I'll admit that one. Most of the YTMND cosby jokes were harmless and based on his TV sayings.
I may remember a lot differently because I lived in Norristown, Pennsylvania where the Montgomery County District Courthouse is, which is where Cosby was on trial. The court proceedings were happening there, so we'd see it on Fox 29 Philadelphia constantly.
No one took it seriously until 2014, which would be right after Occupy Wall Street.
Slight rant below. Ignore it if you want.
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I'll grant that certain localities were more aware of it than others, but there's no evidence Furor was even aware of Norristown, Pennsylvania, let alone a trial being held in it.
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So, you're saying that the Cosby shit was called out on a COMEDY show written by COMEDIANS and that a COMEDIAN on the writing staff turned that into part of his COMEDIC set? But it was TOTALLY known outside of comedian circles prior to a comedian putting it on blast. And Bill Maher does what, exactly, as a profession? Could it be comedy?!
But yeah, all the housewives were totally talking about this prior to comedy circles highlighting it...
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Don't tell him about the Simpsons episode...
If Simpsons airs a games industry sexual abuse episode, I'll believe the entire suit as real with no trial.
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James was at the Blizzcon backyard BBQ I heard. So he's the closest source we have on Furor's character.
Think he took his steak medium rare. But hasn't specified whether the grill was gas or coal yet.