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[Irobot82]

lolwat

She's a comedian on Red Eye, she doesn't give a fuck about "nerd cred". Those are her normal glasses.


You certainly seem that way.

Those are the glasses she normally wears.

That you seriously think she's just wearing them for nerd cred (On Fox News of all places) says more about you than it does her.

Maybe not nerd cred, but it's a calculated move. Let me just google image search woman in nerd glasses or hot woman in nerd glasses. Fascinating, wouldn't you know, they look pretty similar. Strange.

those are old people glasses, not nerd glasses

don't believe google images

Nah, those are wannabe nerd hipster glasses.

 

[Dark Stalkers]

what on earth am i reading

 

[Jeffolation]

Maybe all glasses are nerd glasses?

 

[bananafactory]

Nerd anger is usually funny but this is just pathetic

Learn to take a joke you fucking lunatics

 

[Kenshin001]

A bully who got death threats after bullying. Relax folks, next time someone tells you you're ugly and a nerd just tell them to fuck off and keep it moving.

I'm not ugly or a nerd so that's what I would do.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Why are we discussing her eyewear.

 

[Toxi]

Why are we discussing her eyewear.

Because apparently all thick-rimmed glasses are an attempt to get nerd cred.

I'm sure you're trying as hard as possible to get that nerd cred with your glasses Bobby.

 

[ItIsOkBro]

Why are we discussing her eyewear.

Nerds tryna bring her down to their nerd level.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

I'm sure you're trying as hard as possible to get that nerd cred with your glasses Bobby.

I'm too busy being attractive to care about nerd cred.

 

[Tripon]

She is hot with or without glasses. I don't know why that matters.

 

[Stinkles]

She's inarguably hot but there's nothing less attractive than a person describing themselves as attractive.

 

[JDSN]

She is hot with or without glasses. I don't know why that matters.

IT MATTERS TO ME GODDAMNIT

 

[BigDes]

Why are we discussing her eyewear.

Because women are calculating and devious

 

[munchie64]

I dunno, her mouth looks kinda weird. Maybe it's a fake nerd mouth?

 

[Paper Sparrow]

I bet she is so embarrassed right now. We discovered she makes fun of nerds because she is trying to gain credibility with them. What a bully/poser!

 

[Irobot82]

Because women are calculating and devious

TV shows that derive revenue based off viewership/paid advertising is calculating and maybe a little devious. Try not to read too much into it. I'm only half serious 50% of the time.

 

[Angelus Errare]

This thread is quickly becoming r/redpill

 

[BigDes]

I bet she is so embarrassed right now. We discovered she makes fun of nerds because she is trying to gain credibility with them. What a bully/poser!

Oh man i bet her face is so red now she knows she can have her life threatened for making jokes about space wizards.

 

[Bronx-Man]

She is hot with or without glasses. I don't know why that matters.

We have to sniff out the fake geek girls goddamnit.

 

[Ivan 3414]

Her joke was funny. Don't be such sissies.

Wait, you thought her joke was funny...?

 

[ItIsOkBro]

I honestly think for a lot of the people that have been sending death threats over minor nerd insults, there isn't even any emotion involved anymore. They don't see her as a bully and probably weren't even hurt by what she said. In some internet geek circles that's just what you do when someone doesn't worship at the feet of nerd culture. Whoever sent this:



was probably perfectly calm while doing it. They just know at this point that this is what you do if you want to silence someone that isn't "one of us". That's even more fucked up to me because at this point you can't even reason with someone like this.

Calm in the same way Ben Carson is calm.

 

[Count Dookkake]

Wait, you thought her joke was funny...?

Yeah, even though I am a lifelong fan of the film series.

Though, to be fair, I like cool things and am attractive.

 

[Mr. Pointy]

So... Judging by the response she wasn't wrong, then.

 

[Paper Sparrow]

Oh man i bet her face is so red now she knows she can have her life threatened for making jokes about space wizards.

Pssht, you mean space sorcerers, what are you... wait.

It looks like you are wearing a "NeoGAFfy monocle", how do I know you aren't just a fake Gaffer?

 

[jstripes]

Nerds dont know shit about satire, they still bring up Tropic Thunder as an example of blackface.

Makes me think of this thread:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1129667

 

[Kimawolf]

I'm not ugly or a nerd so that's what I would do.

Yeah it's what I'd do to. Someone tells me I am unattractive and a nerd id laugh and tell them to fuck off. Especially if it's a average white girl of all things.

 

[Alex_Mexico]

One has to wonder if she'd made the same comments if Episode VII was a 20th Century Fox movie just like the last 6 were when initially released.

I'll probably get my question answered if we see less pundits on Fox News hating on soccer around the next World Cup in 2018 where Fox will have the broadcasting rights. It will be really interesting to see if we get Ann Coulter on Hannity again and have both shitting on soccer but anyways, I digressed.

 

[Langdon Alger]

One has to wonder if she'd made the same comments if Episode VII was a 20th Century Fox movie just like the last 6 were when initially released.

I'll probably get my question answered if we see less pundits on Fox News hating on soccer around the next World Cup in 2018 where Fox will have the broadcasting rights. It will be really interesting to see if we get Ann Coulter on Hannity again agnd both shitting on soccer again but anyways, I digressed.

I doubt Fox bigwigs are paying much attention to a comedy show that comes on at 1 in the morning.

 

[Megalosaro]

One has to wonder if she'd made the same comments if Episode VII was a 20th Century Fox movie just like the last 6 were when initially released.

.

Satire host, so probably yes.

 

[Makki]

If Youtube "death threats" meant anything every video host would be eligible for asylum in another country.
Her joke was pretty spot on for someone who cares little about scifi crap

 

[Irobot82]

If Youtube "death threats" meant anything every video host would be eligible for asylum in another country.
Her joke was pretty spot on for someone who cares little about scifi crap

It hadn't even occurred to me, how much sweeter it would have been had the article also came from Fox News.

 

[GorillaJu]

Not to sound like I'm dismissing the obvious harassment away here, but this is literally a story reporting on nasty tweets and YouTube comments.

It's good to tackle the subject in a broader context, but "here is what some anonymous dudes said about a woman" is hardly something worth discussing.

 

[Alex_Mexico]

I doubt Fox bigwigs are paying much attention to a comedy show that comes on at 1 in the morning.

Fox News has a clear and very biased agenda they're constantly pushing 24/7. Id say there's a Fox bigwig paying attention to what Fox News is saying every minute of the day.

 

[elfinke]

Did Conan and Triumph receive death threats when Triumph interviewed Star Wars fans who were lining up for Attack of the Clones? I guess that happened pre-YT, and even Twitter so returning vitriol wasn't so easily done.

Hmmmmmmm.

 

[Corronchilejano]

It was a meh joke, but the internet turns it into reality.

Quick, what's the republican equivalent of The Onion?

 

[GorillaJu]

It was a meh joke, but the internet turns it into reality.

Quick, what's the republican equivalent of The Onion?

Fox news

 

[Subpar Spatula]

Though, to be fair, I like cool things and am attractive.

SUUUUURE.

What's your Twitter? I have some unsavory things to tweet at you from my battlestation.

 

[Corpekata]

It's really about ethics in pundit journalism.

 

[Liu Kang Baking A Pie]

Maybe not nerd cred, but it's a calculated move. Let me just google image search woman in nerd glasses or hot woman in nerd glasses. Fascinating, wouldn't you know, they look pretty similar. Strange.



Nah, those are wannabe nerd hipster glasses.

So she's going for a certain look, a thing literally everyone does.

?????????

 

[Corpekata]

Fox News would surely never hire a pretty blonde on their channel if they didn't wear glasses.

 

[boiled goose]

I know id be a female.
Man children are so insecure

 

[Aurongel]

My god, this thread.

smh.

 

[Count Dookkake]

I mean, come on.

It's not like she pointed out that you are approaching wizard status.

SUUUUURE.

What's your Twitter? I have some unsavory things to tweet at you from my battlestation.

lol.

@countdookkake

 

[Subpar Spatula]

I mean, come on.

It's not like she pointed out that you are approaching wizard status.



lol.

@countdookkake

get off gaf, we battlin' on tweeter.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Not to sound like I'm dismissing the obvious harassment away here, but this is literally a story reporting on nasty tweets and YouTube comments.

It's good to tackle the subject in a broader context, but "here is what some anonymous dudes said about a woman" is hardly something worth discussing.

This is like 90% of the reason Anita S is a household name. Because people on the Internet can't handle criticism of their hobbies.

It starts off as "just YouTube" and spirals until some disturbed individual calling in bomb threats to the station. And all because the idea of being cut down by a woman is beyond the fucking pale to these idiots.

 

[CornBurrito]

As someone who never liked Star Wars, I find it very hard to understand the sort of person that is attached to some series enough to give death threats and rape threats to a person insulting it/the fans of it.

 

[CornBurrito]

This is like 90% of the reason Anita S is a household name. Because people on the Internet can't handle criticism of their hobbies.

It starts off as "just YouTube" and spirals until some disturbed individual calling in bomb threats to the station. And all because the idea of being cut down by a woman is beyond the fucking pale to these idiots.

Lol. Do you really think Anita is a household name? Bill Gates/Steve Jobs are household names. Bring up Anita at Thanksgiving dinner, or ask people randomly in a supermarket. I doubt 90% of the population even knows who the fuck she is.

 

[ModBot]

As noted, the entire impetus for this story is stupid tweets and YouTube comments, and we really don't need to signal-boost this sort of nonsense.