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Ok, FYI but “fetch” was relegated in the movie to irrelevance, ie, “stop trying to make fetch a thing.” So for the “fetch”-aware audience, the title reads, “Raf

Ok, FYI but “fetch” was relegated in the movie to irrelevance, ie, “stop trying to make fetch a thing.” So for the “fetch”-aware audience, the title reads, “Raft Is *Irrelevant*: … Explained Through Mean Girls”

paulgb 4y ago
You're confusing the irrelevance of the word with its meaning. The word fetch did not catch on (which was the joke), but the word did not mean irrelevant, it meant “cool” or something in that vein.
- Hayvok 4y ago
  yes, I believe the phrase that the young lady kept using was, "that is so fetch" with positive connotations. Rachel McAdams finally snapped at her that the word was not going to catch on and that she should just stop. Tears were then shed.
  - _0ffh 4y ago
    Today, we would call it a failed attempt to force a meme.
- eatonphil 4y ago
  I don't think they're saying the word fetch means irrelevance. They're saying fetch is something irrelevant. :)
  - magnusmundus 4y ago
    > for the “fetch”-aware audience, the title reads, “Raft Is *Irrelevant* [...]” No, they're claiming that "fetch" is interchangeable with "irrelevant" according to the movie.
    - deznu 4y ago
      "You love him, and he totally complimented you. That is so fetch." This is clearly not stating that the actions by both parties are "irrelevant", it's clearly slang for "cool" or "awesome". The movie was alluding to the word itself being irrelevant in its use, not the word meaning or being synonymous with "irrelevant". I hope this cleared things up for you.
fsckboy 4y ago
My interpretation was that the author's unconscious was trying to tell him, "stop trying to make this analogy to Mean Girls happen, it's not going to happen." But that's my unconscious mind telling me to RTFA
btown 4y ago
But the entire premise of the scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pubd-spHN-0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pubd-spHN-0 is that the act of telling someone to "stop trying to make fetch happen" is toxic and mean-spirited, and if someone actually does want to make "fetch" happen, they should be encouraged to do so. And if your "fetch" is the normalization of Mean Girls as a valid lede for didactic technical discourse, then you go Glen Coco.
- drewbug01 4y ago
  This, in fact, is a delightful analysis and response. You go, Glen Coco. :)

paulgb 4y ago

You're confusing the irrelevance of the word with its meaning. The word fetch did not catch on (which was the joke), but the word did not mean irrelevant, it meant “cool” or something in that vein.

Hayvok 4y ago
yes, I believe the phrase that the young lady kept using was, "that is so fetch" with positive connotations. Rachel McAdams finally snapped at her that the word was not going to catch on and that she should just stop. Tears were then shed.
- _0ffh 4y ago
  Today, we would call it a failed attempt to force a meme.
eatonphil 4y ago
I don't think they're saying the word fetch means irrelevance. They're saying fetch is something irrelevant. :)
- magnusmundus 4y ago
  > for the “fetch”-aware audience, the title reads, “Raft Is *Irrelevant* [...]” No, they're claiming that "fetch" is interchangeable with "irrelevant" according to the movie.
  - deznu 4y ago
    "You love him, and he totally complimented you. That is so fetch." This is clearly not stating that the actions by both parties are "irrelevant", it's clearly slang for "cool" or "awesome". The movie was alluding to the word itself being irrelevant in its use, not the word meaning or being synonymous with "irrelevant". I hope this cleared things up for you.

fsckboy 4y ago

My interpretation was that the author's unconscious was trying to tell him, "stop trying to make this analogy to Mean Girls happen, it's not going to happen." But that's my unconscious mind telling me to RTFA

btown 4y ago

But the entire premise of the scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pubd-spHN-0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pubd-spHN-0 is that the act of telling someone to "stop trying to make fetch happen" is toxic and mean-spirited, and if someone actually does want to make "fetch" happen, they should be encouraged to do so. And if your "fetch" is the normalization of Mean Girls as a valid lede for didactic technical discourse, then you go Glen Coco.

drewbug01 4y ago
This, in fact, is a delightful analysis and response. You go, Glen Coco. :)