Who Killed Jim’s Accounts?

Who Killed Jim’s Accounts?

This post was originally planned for yesterday, but circumstances conspired to prevent me from doing the necessary research. It's probably for the best, though, because the story of Mister "Jim" Metokur's near-simultaneous YouTube and Twitter suspensions has taken a different direction than I'd initially suspected. Which I should have suspected.…
August 29, 201813 Comments
Tumblr: The Anime

Tumblr: The Anime

If you're an up-and-coming indie author who's a Millennial, a member of Generation Y, or even a Gen Xer, your dream scenario for publishing success probably includes getting your IP optioned as an anime series. For years the common refrain anytime an American voiced such hopes was, "Anime studios don't…
August 22, 201859 Comments
Star Fox Style

Star Fox Style

A reader left a trenchant comment on my Sky King post that deserves to be showcased here. My dad and I talked about this guy for about 3 hours yesterday. I don't think there's anything more emblematic of the plight of the western man in the 21st century than what…
August 18, 201817 Comments
#GamerGate Hoax?

#GamerGate Hoax?

A major bombshell was recently dropped on The Ralph Retort's Killstream, where YouTuber Mundane Matt was caught red-handed falsely flagging the channels of other YouTubers who'd criticized him. The sordid affair was duly chronicled by internet auriga Mister Metokur. His video serves as a dire warning against eCelebrity hubris. Executive…
August 14, 201814 Comments
Gab Is Next

Gab Is Next

We knew that Infowars wouldn't be the last dissident operation to run afoul of the big tech censors. Mere days after Facebook, Apple, Google, and Soundcloud banned Alex Jones, Microsoft has threatened to shut down free speech absolutist network Gab. Here's the announcement from Gab co-founder Andrew Torba. Building our…
August 10, 201817 Comments
No Quartering Given

No Quartering Given

Jeremy Hambly, the popular host of YouTube nerd culture channel The Quartering, was assaulted in the wee hours of Thursday morning at an Indianapolis bar while in town attending Gen Con. According to Hambly, a man in a sleeveless rainbow tee shirt approached him, asked his name, and proceeded to…
August 4, 201826 Comments
Fat Kafkatrap

Fat Kafkatrap

Alpha Geek Daddy Warpig shares news of the latest SJW kafkatrap disguised as entertainment. Netflix's trailer for its new series, Insatiable, is facing a backlash across social media for its apparent "fat-shaming" plot. The series stars Debby Ryan as Patty, a high school teen who has been bullied because of…
July 20, 201821 Comments
The SJW Turkey Shoot

The SJW Turkey Shoot

You used to be able to take it for grated that when a studio announced a new TV show, they made the announcement assuming that the creators were dealing in good faith. Back in the 80s, a new Saturday morning cartoon being greenlighted meant the network execs were confident the…
July 17, 201838 Comments
We Hate Our Kids

We Hate Our Kids

Last night I happened to tune into financial guru Dave Ramsey's show just as Dave was launching into a rant on the looming student loan crisis. He posts clips from his radio show on YouTube, and I managed to find a clip that contains part of his longer polemic. From…
July 13, 201827 Comments
Very Different Personages

Very Different Personages

From time to time I still run into aspiring authors who dream of signing a Big Book Deal™ with a New York publishing house. Similarly, there are still cockeyed optimists who are convinced that Hollywood poz factories will go back to making wholesome entertainment as soon as a particular trouble-making…
July 10, 201810 Comments