Rumors of my link-death have been slightly exaggeratedneilrFebruary 14 2010, 18:40:40 UTC
Actually, I said `eventually'. I know the service I want to use as my primary publishing platform, but I haven't gotten it working the way I want yet. When that happens I'll publish pointers, but to say that "it's taking a lot longer than I thought" would be a massive understatement. :-(
That aside, most of the time I'm just a "low-volume poster," which gives the /appearance/ that I've fallen off the face of the earth.
There's something about that 'date my avatar' video that I find ... creepy. Depressingly creepy.
It has a lot to do with how the lead singer (Felicia Day I think?) is -- of course -- a tall skinny white girl, and how she and the producers of the video have placed her front and center, writhing around and making pouty faces, with supreme confidence that this is the pinnacle of desirability for all of computer-user-dom.
If she were rendered, I would see it as a fun satire and it would end there. But the fact that she's a living, flesh-and-blood, tall skinny white girl, bony chest and all ... pushes it out of the "subversive" category and into the "exploitative" category.
I guess too much of the cultural programming has worn off in my mind.
supreme confidence that this is the pinnacle of desirability for all of computer-user-dom
Wow, I took it completely differently: that these were a bunch of `dorky nerds who need to get an [offline] life.' And after watching Episode 1 of the series, my opinion was strengthened: that actress plays a character with a bit of an MMORPG addiction; all the other characters from the video are primary characters in the series (the bald white guy plays the guild leader).
As did I. But hearing the lyrics--"[My avatar] is hotter than reality by far", "you'll never see my actual face", "I hack and slash--who the heck's more heroic?" plus the parodies of classic imagery (laying on a bed of gold coins instead of rose petals*) all indicate to me that this is a parody.
*(And every time I watch that scene I feel bad for the camera crew for having to illuminate and film a background that was so reflective as to backlight the subject...)
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That aside, most of the time I'm just a "low-volume poster," which gives the /appearance/ that I've fallen off the face of the earth.
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It has a lot to do with how the lead singer (Felicia Day I think?) is -- of course -- a tall skinny white girl, and how she and the producers of the video have placed her front and center, writhing around and making pouty faces, with supreme confidence that this is the pinnacle of desirability for all of computer-user-dom.
If she were rendered, I would see it as a fun satire and it would end there. But the fact that she's a living, flesh-and-blood, tall skinny white girl, bony chest and all ... pushes it out of the "subversive" category and into the "exploitative" category.
I guess too much of the cultural programming has worn off in my mind.
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Wow, I took it completely differently: that these were a bunch of `dorky nerds who need to get an [offline] life.' And after watching Episode 1 of the series, my opinion was strengthened: that actress plays a character with a bit of an MMORPG addiction; all the other characters from the video are primary characters in the series (the bald white guy plays the guild leader).
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*(And every time I watch that scene I feel bad for the camera crew for having to illuminate and film a background that was so reflective as to backlight the subject...)
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