Hmm. Now see, I thought the comparison of the muscled beast to a pasha was somewhat humorous. It didn't make me actually laugh because of the content but it didn't make me stabby - nor did the kitten in the blender. I save the stabby for the 30 Rethuglicans voting against the freshman senator from MN bill on rape/mediation. #cuteoverload
@SarahMC: Intern Katy doesn't. She refers to this male wallaby as "her" and says that the animal in the picture is being compared to a "new slave girl." #cuteoverload
@cirocco: I can't vouch for the wallaby's sex, but when I showed this pic to friends, several thought the wallaby was supposed to be the 'slave girl' a la the reclining Princess Leia/gold bikini pose. I'm assuming that was Intern Katy's thought process- and while I think it's meant to be the animal's thoughts, it's open to either interpretation.
All hell must have broken loose in the comments there, because they're gone for that post. The post itself, however, is still up and seems to be unchanged. #cuteoverload
@cate3710: I noticed that, too. I'm surprised there hasn't been an editor's comment or just a straight up removal of the post. I hope there is soon, because Cute Overload is supposed to make me happy damnit, not stabby! #cuteoverload
There's something wrong with Cute Overload and I have been boycotting this site. A few months ago, they had a picture of a kitten stuffed in a BLENDER. I wrote to complain that it was not cute, and the site owner's husband replied, saying that I was an "overreacting hysterical moron" (direct quote). I encourage everyone else to boycott, too.
@honeyryderz: wait, what? A blender? Just posing in it, and the blender turned off I'm assuming? (that would be a whole other site if not) #cuteoverload
@thecameralovesyou: The blade was taken out of the blender and the kitty was resting in the jar. No kitties were harmed, but it was a disturbing image. #cuteoverload
@honeyryderz: Too many people over there treat the site like 4chan. It's all for the lulz and if you question something they say or post, you face ridicule. It's unfortunate. #cuteoverload
@honeyryderz: Ugh, I remember seeing that and being grossed out. I mean, seriously, just because it's an animal in a container doesn't automatically make it cute. #cuteoverload
In all seriousness, I suggest an email to Meg directly. She listens to feedback and it looks like she's not posting today so she may not know about the uproar. #cuteoverload
@colormeroutine: The outrage comes from people not getting the reference. And if that many people don't get a reference, there is some kind of fail. If you are making a pop-culture reference, it needs to be a reference that is generally recognizable and you need to think about what people who don't get the reference will interpret. The movie is not as well known as it was 20 years ago. #cuteoverload
@Lymed: I get what you're saying, I guess I'm just surprised so many people didn't get it. I mean, I got it and I'm 23 and mostly live under a rock. Then again, I date sci fi geeks.
But I also wasn't upset about the kitten in a blender post that everyone was so up in arms about a while back, so possibly I'm just a bad person. I've been known to put my pet rabbit in a stewpot, afterall #cuteoverload
@colormeroutine: I don't know; I saw the Leia reference when people pointed it out, but the captioning and the "Sheik Wallaby" in the address suggest to me that Star Wars wasn't at the front of their minds. Even if it was, the contents of the caption seem to co-opt it.
@colormeroutine: I grew up on Star Wars and honestly, I didn't place it. I felt it was a movie reference, and I thought maybe it was Star Wars, but I wasn't sure. Knowing it is Star Wars, I'm still uncomfortable with that quote because it is about rape. #cuteoverload
@colormeroutine: I'm really not sure that it is a Leia reference. In fact, I'm almost positive that it isn't. The post, as wtfox points out, is entitled "Sheik Wallaby" in its address. I'll admit that I'm not obsessively well-versed in Star Wars lore, but even I know that sheiks have bugger all to do with Princess Leia.
It's not a wittily obscure reference to a classic film. It's nasty, lazy, lowest-common-denominator blog yuk-yuks, and people are unimpressed with good reason. #cuteoverload
Bish pleaze. Stop projecting your misogynistic rape fantasies onto my picture. I happen to be in a consensual relationship with a lovely feminist wallaby. #cuteoverload
Can someone please explain to me what the phrase "Slave Girl" is in reference to? I Googled it, but didn't come up with a definitive answer. I sort of feel silly for not knowing. #cuteoverload
@thatgirlmay: In this context (and most, honestly) it refers to a sex-slave. So, really, a future or current rape-victim. In this case, the wallaby is a male king of some kind, instructing his servants to prepare his next "girl." #cuteoverload
Hm, it appears they disabled comments on the post.
Is there an Internet rule that says when you disable comments to your controversial post you automatically lose the argument? There should be. #cuteoverload
@egg cream is here, is second tier, get used to it: According to Wikipedia (I know, I know!) "Godwin's Law" as such started on Usenet, but the reductio ad Hitlerum as a logical fallacy (a form of fallacious association) has been around for much longer, since the 50s. #cuteoverload
@yvanehtnioj: It shall amuse me to finally be near a girl. Have her bathed and brought to my mom's basement at midnight to play with my Star Wars figurines.
I am going to sit here and hope against hope that this was an ill-planned Princess Leia joke and that Mike-Who-Must-Not-Be-Miked is channeling Jabba the Hutt... #cuteoverload
I stopped reading Cute Overload years ago because I found enough of the posts to be questionable-- especially if they involved/invoked ethnic minorities-- that I wasn't really comfortable there. But this is just so far over the line that it's amazing and disgusting that anyone thought it would fly. #cuteoverload
Yeah... their response to negative comments is always 'You can't be rude to the hostess of the party if you accepted the invitation". But that's obviously bull- and presumably the hostess didn't invite you over to view the ads that pay for her 'house'.
I think they've got a complex about turning into a family/kid-friendly site, too. #cuteoverload
@colormeroutine: Really? I'm newish, I thought it was more no derogatory comments.
I can totally get behind deleting/disemvolewing useless comments about someone's hatred for some group of people, but CuteOverload was harsh to some people genuinely concerned for animal's safety.
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In all seriousness, I suggest an email to Meg directly. She listens to feedback and it looks like she's not posting today so she may not know about the uproar. #cuteoverload
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But I also wasn't upset about the kitten in a blender post that everyone was so up in arms about a while back, so possibly I'm just a bad person. I've been known to put my pet rabbit in a stewpot, afterall #cuteoverload
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It's not a wittily obscure reference to a classic film. It's nasty, lazy, lowest-common-denominator blog yuk-yuks, and people are unimpressed with good reason. #cuteoverload
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Bish pleaze. Stop projecting your misogynistic rape fantasies onto my picture. I happen to be in a consensual relationship with a lovely feminist wallaby. #cuteoverload
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Is there an Internet rule that says when you disable comments to your controversial post you automatically lose the argument? There should be. #cuteoverload
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Are you fucking kidding me? #cuteoverload
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Yeah... their response to negative comments is always 'You can't be rude to the hostess of the party if you accepted the invitation". But that's obviously bull- and presumably the hostess didn't invite you over to view the ads that pay for her 'house'.
I think they've got a complex about turning into a family/kid-friendly site, too. #cuteoverload
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I can totally get behind deleting/disemvolewing useless comments about someone's hatred for some group of people, but CuteOverload was harsh to some people genuinely concerned for animal's safety.
So far the Jez seems pretty fair. I guess CuteOverload's party is white wine spritzers and Jezebel's party is more of a cheese fries and vodka tonics affair. #cuteoverload