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[Choppasmith]

That bit about the statues. He GETS it. Empathy. What a concept.

 

[Volimar]

here Mr. Hanks uses an expletive

<clutches pearls>

 

[Enter The 36 Chambers]

Milkshake duck (I have no idea what this one is)
Hot take
Hill you die on

Using any of the above means you a dork.

Tom hanks once again proving he's a top lad.

 

[strafer]

WIIIIIIIIIIILSON

 

[ahoyhoy]

Dude is sterling.

Almost want there to be a small scandal to remind us that he's still human and makes mistakes.

 

[overcast]

Some pretty good answers in there and Hanks is the man. Wish he would go full villain in a role, he picks safe ass roles.

I do think it's weird to highlight his decency considering there are plenty of okay people in Hollywood surely.

 

[hidys]

Milkshake duck (I have no idea what this one is)
Hot take
Hill you die on

Using any of the above means you a dork.

Tom hanks once again proving he's a top lad.

I mean we are posting on a video game forum called Neogaf.com.

Aren’t we already dorks?

 

[Replicant]

Who?

Keanu Reeves
Armie Hammer
Chris Evans

 

[Riposte]

It's from Twitter. This forum didn't do anything.

The original tweet was about sudden fame turning into immediate backlash. If you change the meaning to "famous person who isn't perfect", then it's going to be ran into the ground faster than banderas.gif.

EDIT: A quick, rough look at search tells me people started to use "milkshake duck" in June (one instance two months before that) and since then it's been said something like 800 times.

 

[Plinko]

When I ask about Cam Newton’s gender faux pas, Mr. Hanks is more sympathetic. “Now I’ve done that,” he says. “I’m not so far away from ‘Hey, Maureen, how you doing, sweetie?’ ‘Well, look sweetheart.’ ‘Aw, doll baby, I don’t know how to answer that.’ I could have done that in a moment. What’s wrong with having there be a requirement to learn more rules of the workplace?”

Am I the only one who has a major issue with this comment?

It isn't about "learning the rules of the workplace." It's common decency and respect.

 

[airmangataosenai]

People need to shut the fuck up with this milkshake duck thing. It reduces people doing and saying heinous shit to a dumb meme.

In general, memes either popularized here or gain prominence here are pretty universally garbage tier stuff. People here have a weird/crappy sense of humor going all the way back to those dumb owl memes people here used to love for some reason.

 

[Addi]

Keanu Reeves
Armie Hammer
Chris Evans

What about Oscar Isaac, Ryan Gosling, Idris Elba and Michael Fassbender?
They seem like decent dudes

 

[seventynine]

I mean we are posting on a video game forum called Neogaf.com.

Aren’t we already dorks?

You can throw “I mean” on to that list of 36 Chambers too.

I’m not a dork.

 

[Sulik2]

Great interview. Tom Hanks still a great guy. Thank goodness. Calm before the storm for sure. USA is such a broken country.

 

[Angry Grimace]

When did this forum decide to make Milkshake Duck a thing?
Why?

It's the NeoGAF "fetch."

It has no real meaning because it has no context. You can be a "duck" if you turn out to be a member of the KKK and you can also be a "duck" if you don't support the legalization of marijuana or have a moral problem with abortion.

 

[Tobor]

I’ve been saying for years Hanks should run for President, but absolutely he should now.

He would landslide over Trump.

 

[Bruce Springsteen]

Who?

Michael fassbender seems like a decent chap

 

[Dude Abides]

Tom Hanks has always struck me as a decent human being who never sought out acting for the power it could bring him. That's not to say he doesn't live a life of extreme privilege, but he doesn't seem to abuse his position of power. A lot of actors actually came out of the midwest or small towns along the west coast, and some never lost whatever decency their life before Hollywood taught them.

I grew up in a small town in the Midwest. I don't think being from a small town makes you more likely to be a good person than growing up in a large city.

 

[Keym]

Some pretty good answers in there and Hanks is the man. Wish he would go full villain in a role, he picks safe ass roles.

Well, he did play the part of Walt Disney in that one movie once.

 

[jmdajr]

The day Hanks goes bad....I think that will be the last straw for me.

We need decent people now more than ever.

 

[Replicant]

What about Oscar Isaac, Ryan Gosling, Idris Elba and Michael Fassbender?
They seem like decent dudes

I don't know much about them although I've read some unpleasant thing about Fassbender, sadly. Hopefully it's not true.

 

[jett]

Tom Hanks is the uncle we all wish we had.

 

[trh]

Michael fassbender seems like a decent chap

lol

 

[Some Nobody]

Milkshake duck (I have no idea what this one is)
Hot take
Hill you die on

Using any of the above means you a dork.

Tom hanks once again proving he's a top lad.

If you found your way here, you're a dork. Also, you can't follow that up with "top lad" either lol.

The original tweet was about sudden fame turning into immediate backlash. If you change the meaning to "famous person who isn't perfect", then it's going to be ran into the ground faster than banderas.gif.

EDIT: A quick, rough look at search tells me people started to use "milkshake duck" in June (one instance two months before that) and since then it's been said something like 800 times.

If I recall correctly, it was "Here's a cute duck that likes milkshakes" and then "The duck is racist", which can be interpreted as "This person you think is awesome is later revealed to be racist/sexist/homophobic/transphobic".

That's not "famous person who isn't perfect", that's "this famous person is racist/sexist/homophobic/transphobic". And 800 times isn't really that much on a forum with thousands of people. Plus there was a thread about the term lol.

 

[demosthenes]

I've never heard the story behind this?

I love hanks.

 

[sibarraz]

It's always been a thing, you're just a square.

Damn, now I realized that Milkshake Duck wasnt the real nickname of the developer of that cyberpunk game

Since everyone here called him like that, I thought that it was his artistic name

 

[mugurumakensei]

I've never heard the story behind this?

I love hanks.

Started as a joke about "The Last Samurai" which has Tom Cruise as the last samurai.

 

[NandoGip]

I fux with him

 

[What did he mean by this?]

Life is like a milkshake duck. You never know what you're gonna get

 

[digitalrelic]

America's Dad saying most of the right things.

Don't be a milkshake duck Tom Hanks.

The one last beacon of light

Tom Hanks: The Last Sane Man in America

Save us Tom Hanks.

Dude is sterling.

Almost want there to be a small scandal to remind us that he's still human and makes mistakes.

The day Hanks goes bad....I think that will be the last straw for me.

We need decent people now more than ever.

Tom Hanks is the uncle we all wish we had.

How about we all stop worshiping celebrities so we can stop worrying about this milkshake duck nonsense?

 

[Extra Sauce]

How about we all stop worshiping celebrities so we can stop worrying about this milkshake duck nonsense?

He's a lot more than just a celebrity.

He's David S. Pumpkins.

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

Tom Hanks still is Tom Hanks. Even after all those crappy Dan Brown movies.

Well said.

 

[ThreePiMatt]

Tom Hanks always seems like such a genuine dude. You could sit down and just listen to him talk about whatever and he'd make it interesting.

 

[siddx]

Some of y'all would be a lot less stressed about milkshake ducks if you'd stop desperately trying to turn every celebrity into one.

 

[jay]

What's the point of that quote? We should be upset that moderates about slavery were pushed to one side or another?

 

[Hickbilly Deluxe]

At this point in time you may as well all get used to the fact that if someone is a big name in Hollywood, they probably knew or heard about the dirty shit that went on but kept their mouth shut to save their own careers or at the very least not rock the boat. This includes Hanks, Reeves, Fassbender, Elba, all of them. Hollywood protects it's own, first, second, and third and expects anyone that climbs the ranks to do the exact same thing. It's been that way for decades, and it will continue to be that way because once this dies down they will go back to their old ways and everyone will turn a blind eye again because god forbid they give up their paychecks to call out and help stop this disgusting shit.

The only person I would give even half a pass to was the guy on Reddit years back that was spewing all sorts of shit about how dirty Hollywood was without saying actual names to protect their own identity, at least they tried.

Spoiler

I still think it was RDJ although he would never admit it.

 

[Snowman Prophet of Doom]

Am I the only one who has a major issue with this comment?

It isn't about "learning the rules of the workplace." It's common decency and respect.

Except, in this case, different people have different ideas about what kinds of actions and attitudes constitute decency and respect, so it really is about what set of rules is in place.

 

[Ouroboros]

My other Hollywood hero. Love you Tom Hanks. You are the best.

 

[digitalrelic]

What's the point of that quote? We should be upset that moderates about slavery were pushed to one side or another?

The point of the quote is that we're seeing the same thing now that we saw then. His "calm before the storm" comment, to me, implies that in his opinion we may see another civil war or something like it.

 

[EGM1966]

Nothing he’s saying is exceptional although it’s damn sensible but against backdrop of ugly side of Hollywood it’s seems exceptional: it’s odd when you think about it.

Thank goodness though he is as sensible as you’d image.

 

[Morrigan Stark]

I see a whole bunch of words without much clear meaning pretty often tbh...

Started as a joke about "The Last Samurai" which has Tom Cruise as the last samurai.

But... he's not

How about we all stop worshiping celebrities so we can stop worrying about this milkshake duck nonsense?

Good idea.

 

[Briarios]

That bit about the statues. He GETS it. Empathy. What a concept.

It's because he understands history and is constantly learning and reading ... Education is the best path to empathy, why do you think the far right is so against it?

 

[ZeoVGM]

It's the NeoGAF "fetch."

It has no real meaning because it has no context. You can be a "duck" if you turn out to be a member of the KKK and you can also be a "duck" if you don't support the legalization of marijuana or have a moral problem with abortion.

No, I don't think that's what is happening.

 

[Jag]

What's the point of that quote? We should be upset that moderates about slavery were pushed to one side or another?

The point is that history repeats itself and he's well read enough to see similarities with another conflict that tore the country apart.

Also, he pulled out a book. That's quaint.

 

[Nealand Liquor]

When did this forum decide to make Milkshake Duck a thing?
Why?

Don't worry, in about one year's time milkshake duck will be replaced by something else equally stupid sounding.

 

[Jmille99]

Tom - dont you dare turn out to be a despicable human being. I dont think the people of this country could take it.

 

[SiegfriedFM]

Tom - dont you dare turn out to be a despicable human being. I dont think the people of this country could take it.

Even if he did somehow turn out to be a despicable human being, would that instantly make the good, decent things he said here void?

Generally good people can sometimes do bad stuff and not instantly be Hitler.