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Rape jokes are contemptible enough, but their sense of fashion is not. It may be something that you personally appreciate, but you should not expect others to
by Crito 13y ago
Rape jokes are contemptible enough, but their sense of fashion is not. It may be something that you personally appreciate, but you should not expect others to tailor their fashion sense to please you in particular.
- goldenkey 13y agoPfft, it's not fashion sense when you're wearing shades indoors. It's a boorish debauchery, utmost disrespect. Furthermore, it's easier to be a douchenozzle with shades on, because eye contact tends to make one more susceptible to the crowd's feelings.
- Edmond 13y agoI think the ridiculous outfit and antics is part of their shtick...I am sure they are aware that they look and act ridiculous. If there is a point to criticize them on, it would be that they are making fun of rappers and rap/hip-hop culture, the same culture they are no doubt trying to appropriate to the tune of many millions I would guess.
- goldenkey 13y agoWhat's the difference between pretending to be a douchebag and actually being a douchebag? Nil.
- Edmond 13y agoI think there is a difference, Sacha Cohen (of Borat fame) plays a mega-douchebag but AFAIK he doesn't have a reputation of actually being one. Their tactic may not be to your liking but they aren't the first to adopt characters as a way to promote their business. As I said, the critic I have of them is that they're slily indulging in stereotypes and I am surprised they haven't been called out on that.
- goldenkey 13y agoSacha does it for a noble cause, comedic effect and makes it obvious that he's not serious. These guys are not trying to be entertaining, they're profiteering through hidden agendas perpetrated on their too-dumb-to-realize-it-audience.
- Crito 13y ago"it's not fashion sense when you're wearing shades indoors" You had better believe that there is room in fashion for clothing without utility. utmost disrespect." Being able to be offended by somebody wearing sunglasses is a problem you are going to have to work on. The inability to tolerate the existence of those who are unlike you is a personal failing.
- goldenkey 13y agoI don't need to validate an obvious facet of communication. When someone is wearing shades, their emotions are harder to read. It's a large form of insecurity on their part, not on mine. When you have three dudes, who are heads of the company, wearing sunglasses indoors, it shows a level of insecurity and immaturity. You can attempt to hide your eye contact through shades but everyone is going to know that you're not being straight. These guys are total tools. I have nothing to work on, I don't find it necessary to tolerate fools and people who find it cool to be disrespectful.
- Crito 13y agoPop-psychology bullshit. Sunglasses are fashion accessories; learn to cope.
- goldenkey 13y agoOh, I'm so hurt, I need to cope. /s Wear sunglasses indoors and be an asshat, it isn't my problem. A basic facet of communication is to look at those you speak to in the eyes. Maybe you're too far nerd/asspergered or swag-frat to understand. It's alright, one day you'll cope with a thing called 'logic' and 'basic human decency.'
- HeyImAlex 13y agoDid you seriously, in the process of calling out rapgenius for making rape jokes, just use the terms "swagtard" and "aspergered"?
- victorhooi 13y agoLook, I think sunglasses indoors are a silly thing, but then I probably think the same thing about a lot of fashion. But then, as my wife says, I have terrible dress sense...lol. It's fashion - you don't need to get it (and I certainly don't). It's a subjective thing, so to each their own. And to go on about how they're "douchenozzles" (is that even a word?), or their "boorish debauchery" sounds like you're just looking to be offended. It doesn't harm you directly how these guy dress, or how Justin Bieber dresses, or does his hair, so I don't see the point of working myself into a sweat over it.
- goldenkey 13y agoJustin Bieber is not a technical cofounder, he's a kidbob singer. These guys have the responsibility to represent their company technically, and are throwing a mad fork in it.
- kyleshockey 13y agoBeing founders, they also have the responsibility to connect with their audience. Rap Genius is a music site, so it's not a bad idea for the founders to emulate the antics of the musicians that create the material people go to Rap Genius to see. You can call it unconventional, but you can't say they don't know their audience.
- victorhooi 13y agoAnd while we're all sitting here debating whether Rap Genius is "baller or no, y'all", they're probably sitting around thinking "Gee, I have this giant pile of $50 million. Gosh, I wonder what all those people lurking on HN think about us? I had best find out!". Actually, quite frankly, I don't think they give two cents what we say about them...lol. But even money aside, they've managed to actually accomplish something tangible, so for that they have my respect.