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Post by Admin Pete on Mar 27, 2018 15:28:09 GMT -5
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Post by sixdemonbag on Mar 27, 2018 18:41:35 GMT -5
Those twitter posts are tongue-in-cheek. He's saying that if someone submitted a map that looked like New Orleans, he would call it too "unrealistic". He's basically showing how real-life maps can look more "fantastical" than the "fake" ones submitted by fans:
He's having a bit of fun and joking around. Real-life maps can be more interesting and "unrealistic" than fantasy maps and his posts are satirizing that fact.
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Post by Dartanian on Mar 27, 2018 21:18:24 GMT -5
I followed the link and read the article, this guy is off the hook. The ALL CAPS, the F Word and then the insults to the people living there. I have a hard time buying the claim that this is supposed to be humor and I did not find it funny because the tone of the post is off. No humor vibe comes through the post at all for me. So I went to the Twitter Account and read the original and when people started calling him on it he said this and then this So humor or mean and snarky; then decided to change his tune when people called him on it. Color me undecided. |
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Post by sixdemonbag on Mar 27, 2018 21:30:12 GMT -5
I didn't find it particularly funny either, but I understood what he was trying to convey and the point he was attempting to make. Humor/cleverness often doesn't come across as intended in text.
In other words, he wasn't making fun of New Orleans or its people, just the fact that if he didn't know it was real place, it would look silly. I can see where someone might take that as trying offend The South or New Orleans, though, and maybe that actually was the true intent but I don't necessarily see it that way.
It's probably best to leave comedy to the professionals!!
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Post by Admin Pete on Mar 27, 2018 21:37:46 GMT -5
I didn't find it particularly funny either, but I understood what he was trying to convey and point he was attempting to make. Humor/cleverness often doesn't come across as intended in text. True, spoken humor is much easier than written humor. That is the problem that writers for stand up comedians have all the time. You have to speak it in front of an audience to find out if it is really funny or not. |
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Post by sixdemonbag on Mar 27, 2018 21:41:07 GMT -5
I didn't find it particularly funny either, but I understood what he was trying to convey and point he was attempting to make. Humor/cleverness often doesn't come across as intended in text. True, spoken humor is much easier than written humor. That is the problem that writers for stand up comedians have all the time. You have to speak it in front of an audience to find out if it is really funny or not. I totally agree. |
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