I don't think it's unreasonable to suspect that terrorism may have been involved when you're talking about the sudden disappearance of a plane flying from France to Egypt (both of which have seen a lot of terrorist attacks in recent years from radical Muslims).
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No, it's just an explanation of why George Miller and friends in particular were chosen as the token males this year. The Martian is a MUCH better science fiction movie than Fury Road. And I say that as a huge George Miller and Mad Max fan. In fact, Fury Road, like the previous Mad Max films, is an action movie that only counts as science fiction in the most marginal sense.
But the Martian was about a white guy. And that sealed its fate. Had the star of The Martian been a woman or minority, it would have won.
That's funny, I looked at the 2014 Nebula awards and every one of them was won by a woman, except for the specialty awards. I guess it's just a coincidence that men just stopped writing great science fiction in the 21st century. Maybe they're all too busy playing videogames or something.
I'm sure that George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, and Nick Lathouris (winners, Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation) would be surprised to hear you say that.
No they wouldn't be surprised at all. They wrote a movie featuring strong women that was very popular with feminists. They know this is why they got to be the tokens this year.
Well, they had to give it to that token to Terry. They couldn't rename the Solstice Award the "Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award" AND give it to a female in the same year, could they? Don't want to make it TOO obvious.
invent your own facts when the real ones don't support you point.
FACT: Every Nebula Award winner this year was a female, except two separate specialty awards and the Ray Bradbury award, which went to a movie that was popular with feminists.
My dad always used to say that if you wanted to know if the way you were treating someone else was right or wrong--just reverse the situation and imagine if the other person were treating YOU the same way. The best way to judge your actions is to "flip the script," so to speak, and ask yourself if you would be cool with the reverse situation.
So let's flip your statement and imagine that it's 1966 and all the Nebula winners this year were male:
"Oh goodness me, the poor persecuted females, not getting an award for writing Science Fiction! This cannot be tolerated, so we must form an unstoppable army to ensure that women get their due share, and truly, Martin Luther King, Ghandi, and Jesus, they would all be on OUR side."
The list of winners seems to be exclusively with female authors.
FTFY
Well, with the exception of George Miller and the specialized awards (which I believe are chosen differently). Because Fury Road was such a hit with feminists, the Fury Road writers got to be the token exception.
No, but it does show you WHY they had to take over the Hugos. Science fiction, debate, atheism, etc. Every field that has let the SJW's take over, this is what happens. Straight white males are treated like they don't exist anymore and all the awards go to women and minorities.
If you really want a laugh, google the winning debate performances of the Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) in the last few years.
That's the SJW version of "equality" i.e. "since you were racist and sexist for a long time then that gives us a free pass to now be racist and sexists right back at you." Not exactly what Martin Luther King, Jr. had in mind, methinks.
God forbid they ever give another award to a straight white male. And people wonder why moderate groups have to try to take over the Hugos just so one can stance a CHANCE anymore.
I still think it's legal for employers to beat employees here. We did finally get them to agree to only use a stick no thicker than a thumb, though. So, some progress.
A dishwasher is easy, of course, because it just pressure sprays dishes with detergent, rinses, and dries. That's easy to automate. But even with that, you still need a human to load it, unload it, check to make sure it actually cleaned and dried each dish properly, etc.
Having worked in fast food, no, most of it can't be automated. Contrary to popular belief, working in any restaurant is far from a mindless job. Every day it required tasks that there is no way you could automate without HUGE advances in AI. Sure, you can automate a dishwasher. But can you automate a bathroom washer? Can you automate a drunk-customer-handler? Can you automate a the-freezer-is-broken-recognizer? A someone-started-a-fire-in-the-parking-lot-solver?
It's a bluff. Like I said, if it were that easy to automate fast food, McDonalds would have done it years ago.
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I don't think it's unreasonable to suspect that terrorism may have been involved when you're talking about the sudden disappearance of a plane flying from France to Egypt (both of which have seen a lot of terrorist attacks in recent years from radical Muslims).
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No, it's just an explanation of why George Miller and friends in particular were chosen as the token males this year. The Martian is a MUCH better science fiction movie than Fury Road. And I say that as a huge George Miller and Mad Max fan. In fact, Fury Road, like the previous Mad Max films, is an action movie that only counts as science fiction in the most marginal sense.
But the Martian was about a white guy. And that sealed its fate. Had the star of The Martian been a woman or minority, it would have won.
No, there are lots of people who have different opinions than me who I don't call SJW's. I only call SJW's SJW's.
That's funny, I looked at the 2014 Nebula awards and every one of them was won by a woman, except for the specialty awards. I guess it's just a coincidence that men just stopped writing great science fiction in the 21st century. Maybe they're all too busy playing videogames or something.
I'm sure that George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, and Nick Lathouris (winners, Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation) would be surprised to hear you say that.
No they wouldn't be surprised at all. They wrote a movie featuring strong women that was very popular with feminists. They know this is why they got to be the tokens this year.
Well, they had to give it to that token to Terry. They couldn't rename the Solstice Award the "Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award" AND give it to a female in the same year, could they? Don't want to make it TOO obvious.
invent your own facts when the real ones don't support you point.
FACT: Every Nebula Award winner this year was a female, except two separate specialty awards and the Ray Bradbury award, which went to a movie that was popular with feminists.
Did I make that one up?
My dad always used to say that if you wanted to know if the way you were treating someone else was right or wrong--just reverse the situation and imagine if the other person were treating YOU the same way. The best way to judge your actions is to "flip the script," so to speak, and ask yourself if you would be cool with the reverse situation.
So let's flip your statement and imagine that it's 1966 and all the Nebula winners this year were male:
"Oh goodness me, the poor persecuted females, not getting an award for writing Science Fiction! This cannot be tolerated, so we must form an unstoppable army to ensure that women get their due share, and truly, Martin Luther King, Ghandi, and Jesus, they would all be on OUR side."
The list of winners seems to be exclusively with female authors.
FTFY
Well, with the exception of George Miller and the specialized awards (which I believe are chosen differently). Because Fury Road was such a hit with feminists, the Fury Road writers got to be the token exception.
WTF is it with this victimhood shit?
LOL, an SJW complaining about all the "victimhood shit." That's too rich!
If you don't like the Nebula Awards, go start your own Male Power Fantasy award. You can call it the Broski.
How about we just rename the Nebulas the "Female Power Fantasy Awards" instead?
No, but it does show you WHY they had to take over the Hugos. Science fiction, debate, atheism, etc. Every field that has let the SJW's take over, this is what happens. Straight white males are treated like they don't exist anymore and all the awards go to women and minorities.
If you really want a laugh, google the winning debate performances of the Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) in the last few years.
That's the SJW version of "equality" i.e. "since you were racist and sexist for a long time then that gives us a free pass to now be racist and sexists right back at you." Not exactly what Martin Luther King, Jr. had in mind, methinks.
Fury Road featured a bunch of strong women, so feminists loved it. That's why George Miller got to be the token male.
God forbid they ever give another award to a straight white male. And people wonder why moderate groups have to try to take over the Hugos just so one can stance a CHANCE anymore.
SJW's poison everything they touch.
I guess no men wrote anything decent this year?
It's also good for when there is something strange in your neighborhood, and you're wondering who you gonna call.
...and also don't have a cat.
Because the next day, your boss is screaming at you for not answering his "emergency" email the night before.
Yeaaaaaah, how ya doin' Peter?
I still think it's legal for employers to beat employees here. We did finally get them to agree to only use a stick no thicker than a thumb, though. So, some progress.
Assuming it doesn't get pushed back again.
A company is offering a service.
Here, let me fix that for you:
A government-sanctioned monopoly is offering a service, with no other competitors allowed to offer you a competing service.
Don't worry, you can just go to one of the other cablecos in your area for a better deal.
Competition FTW! ;-)
A dishwasher is easy, of course, because it just pressure sprays dishes with detergent, rinses, and dries. That's easy to automate. But even with that, you still need a human to load it, unload it, check to make sure it actually cleaned and dried each dish properly, etc.
Having worked in fast food, no, most of it can't be automated. Contrary to popular belief, working in any restaurant is far from a mindless job. Every day it required tasks that there is no way you could automate without HUGE advances in AI. Sure, you can automate a dishwasher. But can you automate a bathroom washer? Can you automate a drunk-customer-handler? Can you automate a the-freezer-is-broken-recognizer? A someone-started-a-fire-in-the-parking-lot-solver?
It's a bluff. Like I said, if it were that easy to automate fast food, McDonalds would have done it years ago.