Stereogum 101 for Babies
👶 Uploading an Avatar 👶
1. Go to any article, log in to your Stereogum account, then scroll up.
2. Click the blank avatar in the top-right corner to go to your profile.
3. Click "Edit Profile", then click the link to go to gravatar.com.
5. Click the Create Your Own Gravatar button, sign up, and log in.
6. Go to My Gravatars, then click "Add a new image".
7. Upload your image, then go through the prompts until you're done.
8. You done.
👶 Posting Images 👶
1. Go to tinypic.com*, sign up, and log in.
2. Choose an image file, resize if necessary, then click "UPLOAD NOW!".
3. Copy the "Direct Link for Layouts" link, then paste it into your comment.
*Don't use Imgur.
👶 Posting GIFs 👶
1. Go to giphy.com and enter your search terms (e.g., "elmo fire").
2. Click the GIF you want, then click "Copy Link".
3. Copy the "GIF Link" link, then paste it into your comment.
👶 Adding Bold Text, Italics, and Embedded Links 👶
HTML tags are surrounded by angle brackets (the "less-than" and "greater-than" signs)—not regular brackets, which I'm using here so you're able to see them.
1. Use [b]text goes here[/b] for bold text.
2. Use [i]text goes here[/i] for italics.
3. Use [a href="link goes here"]text goes here[/a] to embed a link.
👶 Posting Tweets and YouTube Videos 👶
1. Copy the URL, then paste it into your comment.
2. That's it.
👶 Viewing the Number of Upvotes/Downvotes on a Comment 👶
1. Hover your cursor over the thumbs-up or thumbs-down button.
2. Chill for a sec.
I tried downloading some of their songs from KaZaA, but Winamp and RealPlayer both say the files are corrupt. Could you IM me the link? What's your screenname? I'm XxGummoxX on AIM:
16/m/pa
Bands: K0rn, Slipknot, Reel Big Fish, Queen
*~///{YoU LaUgH aT mE bEcAuSe i'M DiFfErEnT, i LaUgH aT yOu bEcAuSe yOu'Re aLL tHe SaMe}\\\~*
And I get what you're saying: The audience knowing a comedian's personal history with a topic affects how they'll react to him joking about it. But make no mistake: There are people out there who believe no one—no one—should ever tell a joke even remotely involving mass murder, sexual assault, terminal illness, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, or any other sensitive topic regardless of the comedian's intent.
These same people are disproportionately likely to respond to those jokes by starting a social media campaign instead of changing the channel or writing a bad review.
I don't think that's the issue.
The issue is that comedy is built on comedians saying things no reasonable person would ever say or think, and there exists a certain type of person out there who thinks no comedian should ever tell a joke involving x—even when x isn't the butt of the joke, even when the comedian has a personal connection to x, even when the comedian agrees x is awful and is using satire to call attention to it—because x is so horrible as to be unfunny no matter what the context or intent of any joke involving it.
The other issue is how you react to jokes you find offensive: choosing not to support that comedian again, or participating in a social media campaign to get that comedian fired or blacklisted. Both options are perfectly legal and First Amendment-compliant, but which group you fall into says a lot about you as a person.
It's missing the italics: "Britney Spears didn’t have a terrorist attack at her concert."
(implying Britney isn't as big as Ariana because she didn't have a terrorist attack at her concert > implying a terrorist attack at someone's concert is an indicator of their success as an artist > no reasonable person would ever think that > WOCKA WOCKA)
Dumb joke, but that's the joke.
Referencing that International Correspondence Schools commercial was a dog whistle for the over-30 crowd.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBuV_7X8mI4&t=25s
-Miranda Lambert's Four the Record AOTW
-"a record so excellent we don't understand it yet"
-In Defense of Mumford & Sons
-Yeezus comparisons
-michael_
-It's Time We All Agreed That Coldplay Are Great
-Vote for the Song of the Summer 2014
-Premature Evaluation vs. AOTW
-Remember When Arcade Fire Were Good?
I’m gonna do a Stereogum 101 for 👶s post in this week’s Shut Up, Dude on:
-getting an avatar
-posting images
-calling Tom a hypocrite
-writing in bold or italics
-accidental downvotes
-intentional downvotes
-calling Scott a sellout
-posting .gifs
-hating Pitchfork
-obsessing over Pitchfork
-embedding hyperlinks
-stanning
-“I’ve heard it”
-high school
-TV/VCR repair
-electrician
-or get your degree!
Knew I forgot something. What a year to be a Ty fan.
And just look at that Top 5:
5. Swans—The Seer
4. Tame Impala—Lonerism
3. Fiona Apple—The Idler Wheel...
2. Frank Ocean—channelORANGE
1. Kendrick Lamar—good kid, m.A.A.d city
Got damn.
Lest we forget Q1 2010...
Vampy Weeks—Contra
Four Tet—There Is Love in You
Beach House—Teen Dream
Joanna Newsom—Have One on Me
Titus Andronicus—The Monitor
...or October 2012, which might be the single greatest month in music this decade.
Tame Impala—Lonerism
Metz—Metz
Converge—All We Love We Leave Behind
GY!BE—Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
Bat for Lashes—The Haunted Man
Kendrick Lamar—gk,mc
Andy Stott—Luxury Problems
Mac DeMarco—2
Great write-up as usual, Tom.
Just wanted to point out how indebted Michael Jackson is to Diana Ross as a vocalist—the vibrato, the breathiness, the "oooh"s—it's damn near the same voice. Listen to them back to back, and it becomes clear just how much he idolized her as a singer.
Drake is a Scorpio and really loves his birth month: OVO = October's Very Own, Take Care was originally supposed to come out on his b-day, etc. Not sure whether that's the official reason why, but that's my guess.
*sits at the table eating Ellio's® pizza
*at 5:45 every Friday
*waiting for Mrs. Gummo to come home
*his unfunny PowerPoint meme
Everything els is spot-on.
You go out of your way to correct someone publicly in the most asshole-ish way possible, they point out you're wrong, and they're "hair-splitting"...?
Google recommends the Epson VS250.
http://i68.tinypic.com/24c63xs.jpg
Of the many "father guarding their daughter's virtue" ballads I have heard in my life, "Violent Crimes" is unquestionably the most uncomfortable listen on an album that, though it can be somewhat fascinating, is undoubtedly a low point in Kanye's career.
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