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JennaW
10/19/09

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Well, now they've completely pulled this post. Not the best response but better than leaving it up with no comments allowed. #cuteoverload
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sybann
10/19/09

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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
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noisy doll
10/19/09

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To me she looks like a mob boss about to detail a plan. "Okay so this is whatcher gonna do..." #cuteoverload
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SarahMC
10/19/09

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Hey peeps, we get that this is what the animal is supposed to be thinking. #cuteoverload
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cirocco
10/19/09

@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
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SocialAnimal
10/19/09

@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.

Joke still effing sucks, though. #cuteoverload
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cate3710
10/19/09

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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
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girl.of.your.dreams
10/19/09

@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
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honeyryderz
10/19/09

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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.
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thecameralovesyou
10/19/09

@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
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asylum
10/19/09

@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
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SarahMC
10/19/09

@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
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wtfox?!
10/19/09

@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
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JennaW
10/19/09

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Ooooh, I smell a blog fight brewin'.

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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Zombie Ms. Skittles
10/19/09

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Well, in all fairness, it is sort of posed like Princess Leia in Jabba's Palace when Luke first arrives... #cuteoverload
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colormeroutine
10/19/09

@Zombie Ms. Skittles: Yeah I thought that too. I assumed thats what they're referencing. Don't really get the outrage #cuteoverload
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Zombie Ms. Skittles
10/19/09

@colormeroutine: Well, having clicked through I totally get where the outrage is coming from. But yeah, stupid caption is stupid. #cuteoverload
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Lymed
10/19/09

@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
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colormeroutine
10/19/09

@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
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wtfox?!
10/19/09

@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.
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Lymed
10/19/09

@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
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Harlot Brontë
10/19/09

@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
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colormeroutine
10/19/09

@Harlot Brontë: Unimpressed, sure. Not the funniest thing I've ever seen on the site. But I'm still not bothered by it. #cuteoverload
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SarahMC
10/19/09

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I saw this earlier and could not wrap my brains around it - did they just characterize this roo as a slave trading rapist of some sort? #cuteoverload
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Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd)
10/19/09

@SarahMC: Not just a slave trading rapist, an Arab slave-trading rapist. Post title was "Sheik Wallaby" #cuteoverload
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SarahMC
10/19/09

@Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd): Gah! I check CuteOverload before I am 100% awake so I mostly just decided I wasn't getting the "joke." #cuteoverload
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Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd)
10/19/09

@SarahMC: They changed it on the post, but it's still in the URL. I don't know if that makes it better or worse. #cuteoverload
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bluebears
10/19/09

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what that wallaby is really thinking:

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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thatgirlmay
10/19/09

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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
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LucyRed
10/19/09

@thatgirlmay: Think Princess Leia in her gold bikini in Star Wars; it's just a geek boy fantasy. #cuteoverload
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utensil42
10/19/09

@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
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wtfox?!
10/19/09

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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
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bluebears
10/19/09

@wtfox?!: the Godwins law of the internet if you will. #cuteoverload
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wtfox?!
10/19/09

@bluebears: I think it should be included with Godwin's law under the subsection dealing with Argument, loss of in the Internet bylaws. #cuteoverload
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egg cream
10/19/09

@bluebears: Wait, did Godwin's Law exist before the Internet? My mind: blown.
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wtfox?!
10/19/09

@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
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yvanehtnioj
10/19/09

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It shall amuse me to break her spirit. Have her bathed and brought to my tent at midnight.

Are you fucking kidding me? #cuteoverload
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msmoneypenny
10/19/09

@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.

Fixed. #cuteoverload
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suzannelb
10/19/09

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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
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Lymed
10/19/09

@suzannelb: I'm also hoping against hope that it is a movie reference. I thought perhaps a movie like Troy? If it is, it is still FAIL. #cuteoverload
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samethingwedoeverynightpinky
10/19/09

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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
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SocialAnimal
10/19/09

@samethingwedoeverynightpinky:

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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colormeroutine
10/19/09

@SocialAnimal: To be fair this site has pretty much the same response to criticism. #cuteoverload
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SocialAnimal
10/19/09

@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.

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
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