bemusedchunk
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"Everyone is wrong but me."
Colin Moriarty is leaving Kinda Funny Games.
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"Everyone is wrong but me."
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meanspartan
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I don't know why Altano is painted as being "outraged" by this, his reply tweet was clearly a joke that I'm sure Colin laughed at.
bemusedchunk
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Because not all people are humorless sacks of shit. LOL.
decisions
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After that last part before the questions it is clear that Colin left because he felt betrayed by the silence of his co-workers. Anyone who thinks other wise is lying to themselves I think.
Colin just had the respect to help them make it seem like it was amicable. Explains why he edited the statement and left immediately. That's it.
They didn't have to think the joke was funny or that it should've even been posted, but they stood by in inaction when he was being labelled a true bigot and sexist for that joke.
I still can't really believe this happened...I've listened to Greg and Colin for six years...and Greg couldn't say a word in his friend's defense :/
Colin just had the respect to help them make it seem like it was amicable. Explains why he edited the statement and left immediately. That's it.
They didn't have to think the joke was funny or that it should've even been posted, but they stood by in inaction when he was being labelled a true bigot and sexist for that joke.
I still can't really believe this happened...I've listened to Greg and Colin for six years...and Greg couldn't say a word in his friend's defense :/
I wonder how Colin would've handled the treatment that the many targets by Gamergate received considering he loses his shit over simple tweets asking him to be nicer.
But both sides, right?
For news, it's almost always the fact that Youtube and podcast reactions are among the last to talk about stuff, which makes sense given they're slower to produce than quick blog post / article hits or social media commentary or forum posts. And for actual in-depth discussion of issues, both of those "new" media need to have a variety of information they've already consumed and formed their opinions over, so again by that time I've already heard about it but am wondering what so-and-so's take is going to be. I think these venues are all mutually-cooperative and not necessarily competitive. It's not like eg Craigslist taking away a huge revenue source from newspapers.
MrJoobJoob
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Good friends tell you when you're being a dick.
He let his 'fans' go to town on people though. Could he be unaware of what they were doing on his behalf? He only had to say, 'guys chill, this isn't what I want'.
Fenster Mayhew
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*spits out delicious beverage*
please tell me he's being sarcastic with this pose
This is a man who's favorite band is 311, has join or die tattooed on himself, and probably hasn't changed his wardrobe since high school. Sarcasm isn't in his repertoire.
So like, when Bob Mackey made fun of him for that silly Lady Gaga/leftist joke during the Super Bowl, Colin pinned a Tweet publicly calling out Bob Mackey (and there was something about balls or manning up or whatever too).
The approach he takes on A Conversation With Colin Was Right is pretty great. Starting a show with "Here is the person I'm debating with, they'll probably kick my ass because they're smarter than me" is a good exaggeration / joke to make that shows you respect the person you're debating with. The door is open for debate and discussion.
The fact that he said NOBODY was offended by his twitter joke completely closes the door on any discussion. It's an idea he refuses to entertain. He does that sometimes, and it makes me a little sad, because I do think he can be reasonable and actually entertain other ideas a lot of the time, which makes him more enjoyable to listen to.
The fact that he said NOBODY was offended by his twitter joke completely closes the door on any discussion. It's an idea he refuses to entertain. He does that sometimes, and it makes me a little sad, because I do think he can be reasonable and actually entertain other ideas a lot of the time, which makes him more enjoyable to listen to.
Demanding you put up $2000 to debate him then calling you poor was clearly a fair invitation for civil discourse.
decisions
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And they will defend you when people accuse you of being an asshole in your entirety.
Look he is just telling his side of the story, and you need to watch the interview. And form your own opinion, stop this "lets gang up together and we need to destroy Colin" mentality.
The Salt Life
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I believe they said on the morning show that Greg asked them not to respond and not say anything during the pax panel. They learned a lesson that day, careful what you say and tweet, it's real easy to have your audience turn against you if you're not on the same page with them.
markhimself46
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Agreed. Seemed to me like he was just trying to keep it lighthearted and poke fun at Greg's big personality.
bemusedchunk
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don't tread on him!
This is probably the worst part of the whole thing, absolutely disgusting
Lmao.
Both sides. Both sides. Both sides...
facetheslayer92
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Colin: "I'm going to be very public. You have not seen the last of me."
YouTube show incoming?
YouTube show incoming?
meanspartan
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Amber is the color of his energy motherfucker.
I don't hate 311, weird choice for a favorite band I guess but eh.
Anyway, I've defended Colin plenty on this thread, can't defend this. He's at his absolute "I'm a victim" worst.
Oh guaranteed.
dugdug
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Unless they keep having to do it over and over again. If you never learn, or refuse to evolve along with your friends, you'll get left behind. Dude made his bed.
One side was harassing innocent women and minorities, doxxing people and making death/rape threats
The other side was fighting against the attackers
Cleary, both sides were wrong
ThanksVision
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living for the drama tbh i can't escape this story
just when i thought this guy couldn't suck any harder i see he's a big fan of 311
just when i thought this guy couldn't suck any harder i see he's a big fan of 311
Clearly he's going to start vlogging. Would be funny as hell if he resurrected the old set from the Kinda Funny apartment days and filmed with Greg still living there lol
Darryl M R
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Even Greg said he believed Colin tweet was mean-spirited. Why would he defend a friend that is in the wrong?
Some of you guys have this romanticized idea of friendship. Friendship isn't loyalty without question.
bemusedchunk
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not taking sides and just screaming "everyone is wrong" is even worse than taking a side.
Goose_Se7en
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I cannot wait to see what Colin has lined up next, best of luck to him. The New Yorker is coming outta him right now talking to Rubin about backing him up.
On the one hand, untold people were harassed endlessly, many having to change their living situations in order to avoid the harassment. On the other hand, years later Brianna Wu thought the plot of Majora's Mask might make a good national defence strategy. See, different.
drhankmccoyphd
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Definitely. New Yorkers are loyal as fuck.
FinaruDensetsu
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I don't even know what "ganging up" or "mob mentality" here means. I'm not aware of anyone organizing anything against him. You could at least say that about the rallies against Trump, those were actually organized displays of massive disapproval.
Calling a bunch of individuals with their own opinions that your opinion was shitty a "mob" is nothing more than playing a victim and martyr.
Albino_Yeti
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Looks like there's a decent amount of behind the scenes stuff that went down, Colin pretty much hinted at that. I'd love to hear the whole story, but at the same time it sounds like a case of 'nonya business'.
It would be more hilarious if they allowed him to rent the KF Studio to do his show lol
The Salt Life
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They are both from Long Island, the "I'm better than you" attitude people from here are known for is definitely showing during this interview.
On number 2, he made that tweet in a time where he should be well aware that it is a hot button issue. That "one tweet and everyone goes CRAZY!" excuse is honestly bullshit and doesn't really fly in the current climate.
I'm all for jokes going into uncomfortable territory, so long as it's funny. I sure as hell didn't find that very funny, but to each their own I suppose.
Either way, the dude went there with the joke, so he had to own up to going there. Simple as that.
decisions
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You totally missed the point. Greg can disagree with the Tweet but still be obligated to say that just because of the Tweet, Colin is not an actual bigot by a 10 year bond. Greg would've never been as successful as he was without Colin, especially in fostering that core Beyond audience and all members of that audience got, me being one of them, was the sound of silence.
I remember when Greg used the term "real musicians" while comparing people who submit PS I Love You XOXO songs that they personally created to career musicians at some point, without really meaning anything nefarious. He kept the statement in the show instead of editing it out, but he came out ahead of the show with a statement saying he apologizes in advance, because "that was a shitty thing to say that I didn't truly mean". It made all the difference. I wonder if Colin thinks doing that is harmful in some way.
I think that's a simple omission. If someone directly talked to Greg publicly while calling Colin a "complete sexist bigot", I'm sure he would've defended him.
I think that's a simple omission. If someone directly talked to Greg publicly while calling Colin a "complete sexist bigot", I'm sure he would've defended him.
Or he knows the guy is at his core.
It's censorship, apparently.
As someone who grew up in fake NYC, he is making me look bad.
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