The Guardian

[Gehrman]

I know this is an old, but it still amuses me.


Pachycephalosaurus: Jurassic World’s ‘racist’ dinosaur
It’s pachycephalosaurus, not ‘pakisaurus’, but that hasn’t stopped some people taking offence at the tiny-brained lizard with the thick, scaly head



https://www.theguardian.com/film/shortcuts/2015/jun/24/jurassic-world-dinosaur-accused-of-racism

 

[Wibble]

To be fair, the article on masks is predominantly centred around folk in power like Trump who will receive the best medical care. The second article starts off repeating this from Pence's perspective and then moves on to the reasons why women are less likely to take the vaccine - mainly due to women making up the majority of the anti-max movement and because most vaccine studies don't put a lot of attention into how they affect women.

I know the "Patriarchy" banner and attention grabbing headlines fire up the alarm bells quite quickly but her columns are usually rather good.

And funnily enough, as an adult, I can read things I don't agree with or think are a bit silly, without stopping reading a newspaper that generally has a very good standard of journalism.

 

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[Jippy]

Am I fat-shaming my dog if we work out together?

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/apr/10/fit-in-my-40s-am-i-fat-shaming-my-dog-if-we-work-out-together

 

[Gehrman]

Am I fat-shaming my dog if we work out together?

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/apr/10/fit-in-my-40s-am-i-fat-shaming-my-dog-if-we-work-out-together

FFS

Starts off nicely as well.

" Something terrible happened a year ago. It involved my dog, another dog (who was fine, by the way, after a while), and I broke my hand trying to make him stop. What I should have done, apparently, is stick my finger up my dog’s bum hole. You know when you have a trauma, and you replay the moment many times, wishing you’d done things differently? I still get that a lot, entirely focused on Romeo’s butt. I stare at it for hours, full of if-onlys."

 

[Jippy]

FFS

Starts off nicely as well.

" Something terrible happened a year ago. It involved my dog, another dog (who was fine, by the way, after a while), and I broke my hand trying to make him stop. What I should have done, apparently, is stick my finger up my dog’s bum hole. You know when you have a trauma, and you replay the moment many times, wishing you’d done things differently? I still get that a lot, entirely focused on Romeo’s butt. I stare at it for hours, full of if-onlys."

'Why didn't I stick my finger up Romeo's butthole?' is a good alternate headline.

 

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[Gehrman]

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I agree. Shrek wasn't funny.

 

[Jippy]

‘I felt nauseous in Topshop’: why a fashion editor gave up buying new clothes

I had been inside for 20 minutes, moving slowly between the rails like an icebreaker, when I started to feel breathless, then nauseous.
I realised it wasn’t the baby making me sick. It was the stuff – the rows and rows of stuff.

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion...y-a-fashion-editor-gave-up-buying-new-clothes

 

[balaks]

I agree. Shrek wasn't funny.

Yep... It's shite

 

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First time I've truly doubted the journalistic standards at The Guardian.

 

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[P-Ro]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.th...ed-glasses-to-read-a-menu-then-i-joined-them-

 

[Pexbo]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.th...ed-glasses-to-read-a-menu-then-i-joined-them-

I bet she still shakes her head at people in wheelchairs though.

 

[Jippy]

Labia liberation! The movement to end vulva anxiety for good

Into this lacuna created by non-naming come degrading, disgusted terms for labia – “beef curtains”, “fanny flaps” – that reinforce the sense that squeamishness is warranted.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeand...on-the-movement-to-end-vulva-anxiety-for-good

 

[Sweet Square]

The proof is in: TV really does rot your brain

A new study reveals the terrifying truth that too much television lowers your volume of grey matter. But TV is the defining art form of our age – so I refuse to quit

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/sep/13/the-proof-is-in-tv-really-does-rot-your-brain

 

[Drainy]

Labia liberation! The movement to end vulva anxiety for good



https://www.theguardian.com/lifeand...on-the-movement-to-end-vulva-anxiety-for-good

These big vagina ladies are getting away with murder, something should be done!

 

[Vidyoyo]

The proof is in: TV really does rot your brain

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/sep/13/the-proof-is-in-tv-really-does-rot-your-brain

Made me eyeroll but in fairness I think it's tongue in cheek.

You still, 14 years after the fact, spend a great deal of time wondering if David Chase’s editing decisions in Made in America contained a hidden meaning about the fate of Tony Soprano. You agonise over motivation of character choices in The Wire. You’re so used to overthinking TV that you recently arrived at a grand unified theory about the logistics of policing on Paw Patrol.

 

[Conor]

Labia liberation! The movement to end vulva anxiety for good



https://www.theguardian.com/lifeand...on-the-movement-to-end-vulva-anxiety-for-good

'Fanny flaps' is hardly upsetting the masses

 

[Sweet Square]

Made me eyeroll but in fairness I think it's tongue in cheek.

You still, 14 years after the fact, spend a great deal of time wondering if David Chase’s editing decisions in Made in America contained a hidden meaning about the fate of Tony Soprano. You agonise over motivation of character choices in The Wire. You’re so used to overthinking TV that you recently arrived at a grand unified theory about the logistics of policing on Paw Patrol.

Tbh I didn't really think he was willingly to sacrifice his brain for a love of television although that would have the article a far better read.

I do hate these types of articles though. Reading gives me a emptiness feeling as they are so incredibly dull and bland. It's something about the style of humour which is a mix of whimsy, tongue in cheek self awareness, self righteousness, contrarianism and really shite references which is really off putting. It's reminds of people who are really uncomfortable with being health and mentally ok, they always need to come with some issue to make themselves feel more interesting like how they have OCD because their toothbrush has to face a certain way.

 

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Bruno Fernandes: 50 goals in 18 months
Zoe Williams: 50 humiliations in 6 months

Why do my children find me so annoying? I fear it is nothing to do with lockdown
Zoe Williams

My kids are at war over how often to wash. The only thing they agree on? I’m disgusting
Zoe Williams

Who is to blame for the sweltering weather? My kids say it’s boomers – and me
Zoe Williams

My kids won’t even pick up a book – and it is definitely all my fault
Zoe Williams


I used to tut at people who need glasses to read a menu. Then I joined them …
Zoe Williams
I don’t like to boast – but even my blood is special
Zoe Williams
I used to think hay fever didn’t really exist. I know much better now
Zoe Williams

 

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[Pexbo]

Bruno Fernandes: 50 goals in 18 months
Zoe Williams: 50 humiliations in 6 months

Why do my children find me so annoying? I fear it is nothing to do with lockdown
Zoe Williams

My kids are at war over how often to wash. The only thing they agree on? I’m disgusting
Zoe Williams

Who is to blame for the sweltering weather? My kids say it’s boomers – and me
Zoe Williams

My kids won’t even pick up a book – and it is definitely all my fault
Zoe Williams


I used to tut at people who need glasses to read a menu. Then I joined them …
Zoe Williams
I don’t like to boast – but even my blood is special
Zoe Williams
I used to think hay fever didn’t really exist. I know much better now
Zoe Williams

Undeniably brilliant at what she does. Bet she gets more clicks than the genuinely brilliant Marina Hyde.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Undeniably brilliant at what she does. Bet she gets more clicks than the genuinely brilliant Marina Hyde.

Shout out to Adrian Giles for somehow getting repeatedly published 300 word think pieces so consistently banal it reads like satire.

 

[Vidyoyo]

Tbh I didn't really think he was willingly to sacrifice his brain for a love of television although that would have the article a far better read.

I do hate these types of articles though. Reading gives me a emptiness feeling as they are so incredibly dull and bland. It's something about the style of humour which is a mix of whimsy, tongue in cheek self awareness, self righteousness, contrarianism and really shite references which is really off putting. It's reminds of people who are really uncomfortable with being health and mentally ok, they always need to come with some issue to make themselves feel more interesting like how they have OCD because their toothbrush has to face a certain way.

I get you. It's like come on Stuart - either big up the brilliance of Paw Patrol or accept you've got shit taste and turn your life around.

 

[Jippy]

'Fanny flaps' is hardly upsetting the masses

It's definitely the first time I've seen the term in a national newspaper.

 

[Sweet Square]

I get you. It's like come on Stuart - either big up the brilliance of Paw Patrol or accept you've got shit taste and turn your life around.

very true.

 

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https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.th...ed-glasses-to-read-a-menu-then-i-joined-them-

 

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British Rail logo designer appalled by green makeover ‘mess’

Gerry Barney says updated branding, to be used by Great British Railways, uses too many colours

The designer of the familiar British Rail logo has warned against government plans to revamp the symbol and dismissed an attempt to give it a green makeover as a “load of old bollocks”.

https://www.theguardian.com/artandd...logo-designer-appalled-by-green-makeover-mess

 

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@esmufc07 in 10 years

 

[esmufc07]

@esmufc07 in 10 years

 

[Abizzz]

https://www.theguardian.com/artandd...logo-designer-appalled-by-green-makeover-mess

“I think that’s rubbish,” he said. “I could understand it if they had just swapped red for green. But why on earth have they got that many colours? It’s a load of old bollocks. It’s just a mess.”

He's not wrong.

 

[UnrelatedPsuedo]

https://www.theguardian.com/artandd...logo-designer-appalled-by-green-makeover-mess

He’s right. The old logo is a classic piece of design, through longevity rather than it being art. Raping it with multiple shades of Green is ridiculous and looks awful.

 

[Vidyoyo]

Four shades of green? That's insane.

 

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[The Corinthian]

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[shamans]

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