Comments on: Gentleman argues with neighbor about fence (video) http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/gentleman-argues-with-neighbor.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 07:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: noah django http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/gentleman-argues-with-neighbor.html#comment-1498683 noah django Sun, 05 Aug 2012 05:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174166#comment-1498683  4chan?  what the hell is that? http://cdn2.holytaco.com/wp-content/uploads/images/2009/12/pic-6.jpg  4chan?  what the hell is that?

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]]> By: Aaron Gilliland http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/gentleman-argues-with-neighbor.html#comment-1498620 Aaron Gilliland Sun, 05 Aug 2012 01:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174166#comment-1498620 Dude, I totally forgot about Amber Lamps.  I think the 4Chan community gave that name to the purple-stocking'd female who calmly sat through the whole thing. Dude, I totally forgot about Amber Lamps.  I think the 4Chan community gave that name to the purple-stocking’d female who calmly sat through the whole thing.

]]> By: Petzl http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/gentleman-argues-with-neighbor.html#comment-1498591 Petzl Sun, 05 Aug 2012 00:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174166#comment-1498591 For some reason, you're taking the word of alcohol-laden,  crotch-grabbing yosemite sam. And the "douche" is the cameraman.  ok ... For some reason, you’re taking the word of alcohol-laden,  crotch-grabbing yosemite sam. And the “douche” is the cameraman.  ok …

]]> By: Kimmo http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/gentleman-argues-with-neighbor.html#comment-1498151 Kimmo Sat, 04 Aug 2012 02:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174166#comment-1498151 /tips hat /tips hat

]]> By: Daniel Ewing http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/gentleman-argues-with-neighbor.html#comment-1497984 Daniel Ewing Fri, 03 Aug 2012 21:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174166#comment-1497984 Watch it again, listen to the dialog.  The woman, who is upset but not at all belligerent, makes the claim and the arabian essentially acknowledges it.  Sure the shouty guy seems a fool, who said he wasn't?  If he didn't have a valid complaint it might have been entertaining.  but he's essentially the victim here.  If the cameraman's friends hadn't been trespassing  would this have occurred?  Hard to say.  But the old man has a valid complaint, and the camerman's response is to ridicule him (no doubt anticipating the results he got) while filming the results?  Total douche. Watch it again, listen to the dialog.  The woman, who is upset but not at all belligerent, makes the claim and the arabian essentially acknowledges it. 
Sure the shouty guy seems a fool, who said he wasn’t?  If he didn’t have a valid complaint it might have been entertaining.  but he’s essentially the victim here.  If the cameraman’s friends hadn’t been trespassing  would this have occurred?  Hard to say.  But the old man has a valid complaint, and the camerman’s response is to ridicule him (no doubt anticipating the results he got) while filming the results?  Total douche.

]]> By: thedreadpiratewesley http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/gentleman-argues-with-neighbor.html#comment-1497840 thedreadpiratewesley Fri, 03 Aug 2012 19:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174166#comment-1497840 Nazism was the "norm" in Germany, and it had much in common with overlooking the hardship of others.  Empathy, on the other hand, is rarely associated with the worst excesses of humanity. Nazism was the “norm” in Germany, and it had much in common with overlooking the hardship of others.  Empathy, on the other hand, is rarely associated with the worst excesses of humanity.

]]> By: Kimmo http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/gentleman-argues-with-neighbor.html#comment-1497801 Kimmo Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174166#comment-1497801 I used my phone once to defuse an ugly situation between some strangers in public by threatening to put it up on Youtube... I used my phone once to defuse an ugly situation between some strangers in public by threatening to put it up on Youtube…

]]> By: Kimmo http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/gentleman-argues-with-neighbor.html#comment-1497790 Kimmo Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174166#comment-1497790 Ima Godwin the thread: Adolf Hitler wasn't lucky enough to turn out some other way, too. Pointing and laughing has a valuable function beyond entertainment; it reinforces norms. Ima Godwin the thread: Adolf Hitler wasn’t lucky enough to turn out some other way, too.

Pointing and laughing has a valuable function beyond entertainment; it reinforces norms.

]]> By: Kimmo http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/gentleman-argues-with-neighbor.html#comment-1497785 Kimmo Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174166#comment-1497785 Yep - a reconfiguration of part of your grey matter, reflecting your poor choice... doctors recommend moderation. I wiser head like mine chose to escape after 10-15 seconds. Yep – a reconfiguration of part of your grey matter, reflecting your poor choice… doctors recommend moderation.

I wiser head like mine chose to escape after 10-15 seconds.

]]> By: Kimmo http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/gentleman-argues-with-neighbor.html#comment-1497772 Kimmo Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174166#comment-1497772 Effects precede causes now? How the hell am I supposed to navigate <i>that</i> reality? Effects precede causes now? How the hell am I supposed to navigate that reality?

]]> By: Kimmo http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/gentleman-argues-with-neighbor.html#comment-1497766 Kimmo Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174166#comment-1497766 I offer up the Australian equivalent for substitution: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogan" rel="nofollow">bogan</a>. ...I see it just entered the OED last month! I offer up the Australian equivalent for substitution: bogan.

…I see it just entered the OED last month!

]]> By: Kimmo http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/gentleman-argues-with-neighbor.html#comment-1497749 Kimmo Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174166#comment-1497749 It sure has geographical preferences though. It sure has geographical preferences though.

]]> By: Kimmo http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/gentleman-argues-with-neighbor.html#comment-1497747 Kimmo Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174166#comment-1497747 I think it's the <i>'you wanna fuckin piece o'me?'</i> pose. I think it’s the ‘you wanna fuckin piece o’me?’ pose.

]]> By: Kimmo http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/gentleman-argues-with-neighbor.html#comment-1497718 Kimmo Fri, 03 Aug 2012 17:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174166#comment-1497718 Pretty hard to argue with <b>80</b> Likes... Pretty hard to argue with 80 Likes…

]]> By: Kimmo http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/gentleman-argues-with-neighbor.html#comment-1497716 Kimmo Fri, 03 Aug 2012 17:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174166#comment-1497716 <blockquote>It looks to me like the old bull is yelling mostly because he's not a young bull any more.</blockquote>It looks to me like he's yelling because he's the product of an intellectually impoverished authoritarian culture. He's angry about a bunch of pointlessly harmful distractions his overlords have fostered to divert scrutiny from their nefarious business and drown out what remains in arguments over just how indecent public standards should be.

It looks to me like the old bull is yelling mostly because he’s not a young bull any more.

It looks to me like he’s yelling because he’s the product of an intellectually impoverished authoritarian culture. He’s angry about a bunch of pointlessly harmful distractions his overlords have fostered to divert scrutiny from their nefarious business and drown out what remains in arguments over just how indecent public standards should be.

]]> By: Dan Peters http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/gentleman-argues-with-neighbor.html#comment-1497300 Dan Peters Fri, 03 Aug 2012 06:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174166#comment-1497300 I made it 2:07 into that video.  Surely there's a prize for that, right? I made it 2:07 into that video.  Surely there’s a prize for that, right?

]]> By: Gerald Mander http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/gentleman-argues-with-neighbor.html#comment-1496888 Gerald Mander Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174166#comment-1496888 I grew up in the South, so my disdain is based on sad observation. But you're right, stupidity has no geographical restrictions. I grew up in the South, so my disdain is based on sad observation. But you’re right, stupidity has no geographical restrictions.

]]> By: Gerald Mander http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/gentleman-argues-with-neighbor.html#comment-1496886 Gerald Mander Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174166#comment-1496886  Oh, pardon me; I misheard that midwestern accent.  Oh, pardon me; I misheard that midwestern accent.

]]> By: Tim H http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/gentleman-argues-with-neighbor.html#comment-1496593 Tim H Thu, 02 Aug 2012 17:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174166#comment-1496593 Us bearded, fat high-blood pressure types should do slightly better in the Ice Age, thank you. Us bearded, fat high-blood pressure types should do slightly better in the Ice Age, thank you.

]]> By: Tim H http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/gentleman-argues-with-neighbor.html#comment-1496594 Tim H Thu, 02 Aug 2012 17:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174166#comment-1496594 One of the serious things no one has mentioned yet is that the camera in this situation is a tool for defense.  It well mght be that the angry man would be a violent man if he wasn't being recorded.  Or he might just be angrier because of the videoing... One of the serious things no one has mentioned yet is that the camera in this situation is a tool for defense.  It well mght be that the angry man would be a violent man if he wasn’t being recorded.  Or he might just be angrier because of the videoing…

]]> By: princeminski http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/gentleman-argues-with-neighbor.html#comment-1496556 princeminski Thu, 02 Aug 2012 16:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174166#comment-1496556 Thank you for posting that. Don't know how I missed it, but it may be even funnier in transcript form. Thank you for posting that. Don’t know how I missed it, but it may be even funnier in transcript form.

]]> By: princeminski http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/gentleman-argues-with-neighbor.html#comment-1496542 princeminski Thu, 02 Aug 2012 16:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174166#comment-1496542 I take it back. Just watched the video of the bearded guy and the black guy on the bus (and especially the comments). My turn to feel ill. I take it back. Just watched the video of the bearded guy and the black guy on the bus (and especially the comments). My turn to feel ill.

]]> By: princeminski http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/gentleman-argues-with-neighbor.html#comment-1496533 princeminski Thu, 02 Aug 2012 16:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174166#comment-1496533 "Alabaster refuse?" That's poetry. “Alabaster refuse?” That’s poetry.

]]> By: princeminski http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/gentleman-argues-with-neighbor.html#comment-1496527 princeminski Thu, 02 Aug 2012 16:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174166#comment-1496527 Okay, sensitive people, please take heed of the earlier post that says "I've learned I'll be happier if I don't look at BoingBoing posts with the word 'gentleman' inthe title," or words to that effect. For the rest of us, H.L. Mencken, questioned on a related topic: "Why do people go to zoos?" Okay, sensitive people, please take heed of the earlier post that says “I’ve learned I’ll be happier if I don’t look at BoingBoing posts with the word ‘gentleman’ inthe title,” or words to that effect. For the rest of us, H.L. Mencken, questioned on a related topic: “Why do people go to zoos?”

]]> By: princeminski http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/gentleman-argues-with-neighbor.html#comment-1496523 princeminski Thu, 02 Aug 2012 16:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174166#comment-1496523 Yeah, I saw this tape elsewhere and knew *immediately* what this was gonna be from the title. Yeah, I saw this tape elsewhere and knew *immediately* what this was gonna be from the title.

]]> By: princeminski http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/gentleman-argues-with-neighbor.html#comment-1496511 princeminski Thu, 02 Aug 2012 16:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174166#comment-1496511 I love that so much! Don't even know why. I love that so much! Don’t even know why.

]]> By: Jim Saul http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/gentleman-argues-with-neighbor.html#comment-1496427 Jim Saul Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174166#comment-1496427 "GrrrrraRgh!  I can see Saudi Fucking Arabia from my motherfucking house!" “GrrrrraRgh!  I can see Saudi Fucking Arabia from my motherfucking house!”

]]> By: Petzl http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/gentleman-argues-with-neighbor.html#comment-1496344 Petzl Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174166#comment-1496344 Sorry.  You're wrong.  This whole video exists because shouty guy decided to give a infantile performance.  If he'd gone about his business, and was just walking on his property there wouldn't be a video. And, after viewing their behavior, you really believe their claims about "dopeheads"?  From the guy who says <i>Guess what? I'm American!</i>  He's the reliable side? Sorry.  You’re wrong.  This whole video exists because shouty guy decided to give a infantile performance.  If he’d gone about his business, and was just walking on his property there wouldn’t be a video.

And, after viewing their behavior, you really believe their claims about “dopeheads”?  From the guy who says Guess what? I’m American!  He’s the reliable side?

]]> By: Petzl http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/gentleman-argues-with-neighbor.html#comment-1496322 Petzl Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174166#comment-1496322  Guess what?  He's American!  Guess what?  He’s American!

]]> By: noah django http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/gentleman-argues-with-neighbor.html#comment-1496258 noah django Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174166#comment-1496258  Rednecks know no boundaries.  The poster doesn't claim his real city.  Don't project your bullshit on me and my people.  Rednecks know no boundaries.  The poster doesn’t claim his real city.  Don’t project your bullshit on me and my people.

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