mjmooney Posted June 2, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted June 2, 2023 1 hour ago, BOF said: What sprang to my mind was National Lampoons more than Police Academy. Kind of a national institution over there for some weird reason. Naff but regarded as charming. I think there are still cultural differences. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the American comedy movies (NatLamp, Police Academy, Porky's, etc.) appealed more to a teenage audience. While I tend to stereotype the Carry Ons (which was from a generation earlier anyway) as being mainly enjoyed by middle aged working class types. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 2, 2023 Moderator Share Posted June 2, 2023 9 minutes ago, mjmooney said: I think there are still cultural differences. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the American comedy movies (NatLamp, Police Academy, Porky's, etc.) appealed more to a teenage audience. While I tend to stereotype the Carry Ons (which was from a generation earlier anyway) as being mainly enjoyed by middle aged working class types. I thought National Lampoons was aimed as their family friendly comedy, whereas the others were younger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 2, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted June 2, 2023 1 minute ago, BOF said: I thought National Lampoons was aimed as their family friendly comedy, whereas the others were younger. Yeah, probably true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chindie Posted June 2, 2023 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2023 1 hour ago, VILLAMARV said: So VT, collective hive mind question that people will be wiser than me on. Andrew Tate. I'm aware he's an internet idiot. I believe from a brief scan of his output and his write ups on wikipedia and so on that he's just a mysogenistic steroid head full of his own self importance. However it seems a male relative of mine is a bit taken with him, so I feel I should take more than just a passing interest or do more than what my instincs are telling me which is to just ignore him and/or his infamy. So what's his deal? What's he actually done or said? Is he really pro-rape? There's some BBC output on this I hear but as it's me I won't be watching will I? I just want to prepare myself with a bit more knowledge as I feel at some point in the not too distant future I'm going to have to try and unpick some of the stuff imbibed on the youtubes and use a bit of logic, rationale and actual facts to do so. Tate is a nasty right wing grifter. He has created a mash up of gym bro, hard right and incel talking points and used them to market himself as guru of how to live as a successful man. He charged £50 a month for the basic right to hear his bile until recently - more of you wanted to have high level access to him. His views are outright misogynistic. He advocates a world view that pushes women as objects to be used and controlled. He has questionable positions on sexual assault. He views men that sleep around as winners and women who do as whores. He ran his 'cam girl' business from Romania largely because he felt the authorities there would allow him more freedom to run it as he liked (which raises a lot of questions about what that means). He also promotes a type of 'masculinity' that is basically a consolidation of various character flaws and arguably might generate or encourage mental health issues. He rejects the existence of depression and markets it as a mental weakness that only the pathetic can't overcome. He advocates ends justifies the means type mindset - this boils down to advocating low level scam and exploitation methodologies to make money at its lowest and promotes a dog eat dog philosophy where if you're capable of running a scam then you deserve to benefit from the people weak/stupid enough to fall for it. He's not a good role model. He promotes an image that appeals to a certain kind of teenage boy - he's surrounded by hot women, he's lavished in the frippery of a rich successful man with big houses, flash cars, big watches, cigars, he's in shape and his early life was one of being a pro kick boxer - and then sells that dream as being derived from his thoughts on life and his mindset. He embodies the hyper confident, hyper masculine, alpha bellend persona. He tries to sell himself as a kick ass intellectual. He's actually a clearing in the woods. 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 2 hours ago, blandy said: A long whey off course. It must grate on the nerves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 18 hours ago, Chindie said: He promotes an image that appeals to a certain kind of teenage boy - he's surrounded by hot women, he's lavished in the frippery of a rich successful man with big houses, flash cars, big watches, cigars, he's in shape and his early life was one of being a pro kick boxer - and then sells that dream as being derived from his thoughts on life and his mindset. He embodies the hyper confident, hyper masculine, alpha bellend persona. He tries to sell himself as a kick ass intellectual. He's actually a clearing in the woods. From my experience he has a fair following from grown men who's wives have left them because they're a massive word removed but it's definitely her fault 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 cheers @Chindie. One of the articles I read said (in passing) that he was supportive of double barrelled professional numbnuts and convicted fraudster Stephen Yaxley-Lennon. That made me wonder to what extent? was he putting out vids where he thought illegally filming trials outside of courts was ok or is he a fully paid up member of the white supremacists? In regards to my relative, I think ultimately I'll ask a lot of questions. Try and learn from him what the appeal is for him. I suppose really the question is, are logical discussions welcome? If they are then there are meaningful conversations to be had and so on, if not then attempting to tackle something more ingrained is beyond my experience so far in life. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 5, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted June 5, 2023 Is anyone on 3 mobile network (or ID Mobile) and do you get 5g reception at Villa Park? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milfner Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 15 minutes ago, sidcow said: Is anyone on 3 mobile network (or ID Mobile) and do you get 5g reception at Villa Park? Yeah it's sound. Only time I struggled all year was during the Brighton game but I imagine it was due to the constant checking of scores. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted June 5, 2023 Administrator Share Posted June 5, 2023 2 hours ago, sidcow said: Is anyone on 3 mobile network (or ID Mobile) and do you get 5g reception at Villa Park? No. During games, you get shown signal, but there is no bandwidth available. I'm moving to EE tomorrow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted June 6, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted June 6, 2023 Happy 500 Sweden day. "Lagom" "fika" for everyone!!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 Think my new motto is, and will always be, "things happen for a reason" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_serpente Posted June 7, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted June 7, 2023 4 hours ago, Dodgyknees said: Think my new motto is, and will always be, "things happen for a reason" What's the reason you've adopted a new motto? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 7, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted June 7, 2023 My motto is: 'Aliquis in omnibus est nullus in singulis'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 2 hours ago, il_serpente said: What's the reason you've adopted a new motto? “Half past 9 from behind” left me in a lot of trouble. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 8, 2023 Moderator Share Posted June 8, 2023 19 hours ago, Dodgyknees said: “Half past 9 from behind” left me in a lot of trouble. I thought it was "In Knob We Truss" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted June 8, 2023 Share Posted June 8, 2023 1 hour ago, bickster said: I thought it was "In Knob We Truss" I’ve spent 3 months recovering from knob rot because of that tbh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chrisp65 Posted June 8, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 8, 2023 Went over the parent’s house, on their fridge my dad had written ‘love you’, under that my mum has written ‘love you’, under that my brother has written ‘I love you both xxx’. Under that, I’ve now drawn a hairy cock n balls with an arc of spunk dashes. And we wait… 2 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 Are you watching this @BOF? Looks mental at Le Mans, most of the track is dry but 1 sector is pissing down 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 10, 2023 Moderator Share Posted June 10, 2023 59 minutes ago, Genie said: Are you watching this @BOF? Looks mental at Le Mans, most of the track is dry but 1 sector is pissing down Wow. I watched the first hour. Haven't seen this Epic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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