Schadenfreude, now with improved correct definition!

[theweaselking]

Yoko Ono and Sean Ono Lennon are suing the illiterate Creationist fuckwits[1] behind "Stupid: The We Eat Poop Movie", because said illiterate Creationist fuckwits used "Imagine" without permision. Quoth the illiterate Creationist fuckwits: "Duh, frea speach! Duh, we eat poop!"

[1]: Please, gentle reader, forgive the redundancy in pairing "Creationist" with both "illiterate" and "fuckwit", I know it's inherent in the term. However, sometimes it just needs to be said.

Comments

[theamaranth.livejournal.com]

lol

how is using the song as a background = using it for criticism and commentary

[itlandm.livejournal.com]

Huh. While I sincerely hope to never see the movie, I also cannot imagine anyone even remotely religious mentioning that song except for the express purpose of mocking it. It has a pretty bad rep in religious circles as far as I have heard.

[elffin.livejournal.com]

Was it really used as background music?

And they're claiming ////////////Fair Use//////////////????????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Blood And Souls For My Lord Occam aaasaaaaAaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!

[theamaranth.livejournal.com]

i haven't watched it... so i guess im' commenting from my own head here. lol

[reyl.livejournal.com]

It's not actually schadenfreude because you don't feel guilty for feeling glad about their pain.

/pedant

[silmaril.livejournal.com]

Well, with the line "Imagine no religion..."

Although they really might not have a case, if the song is quoted/played in part for mocking, I mean criticism.

[sivi-volk.livejournal.com]

It took me awhile to understand that the tagline "No Intelligence Allowed" was an official tagline, and not a satirical one.

[post-ecdysis.livejournal.com]

I'm more than remotely religious, and I think Imagine is a lovely anthem with one or two unfortunate lines. And as far as those go, Jesus had far harsher things to say about the way religion was exercised in his day.

I just can't imagine the constant asshattery behind this movie. Maybe they built this in so that they could use "R movee wuz sensored by YOKO ONO and LIBERUL JUGEZ" as a promotional campaign.

[atlasimpure.livejournal.com]

I frequently have that problem with this particular group of people.

Like, they say things that make me want to lightly punch them in the shoulder and go, "Ha, ha! Wink, wink! Right?....wait...why aren't you laughing?"

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

You know, I had this EXACT SAME conversation just last week. (http://theweaselking.livejournal.com/2820552.html)

Turns out there's no "guilt" required, only "pleasure in the misfortune of others".

[jerril]

Totally OT, but I find the current most popular article linked on the right to be sort of entertaining in a WTFAUGH sort of way:

Lynchings in Congo as penis theft panic hits capital

[jerril]

Especially quotable:

"I'm tempted to say it's one huge joke," Oleko said.

"But when you try to tell the victims that their penises are still there, they tell you that it's become tiny or that they've become impotent. To that I tell them, 'How do you know if you haven't gone home and tried it'," he said.

What makes it WTFAUGH is that 12 people have been killed so far over this.

Dude. Nobody stole your dick. GET OVER IT.

[reyl.livejournal.com]

Ha. I must have read and remembered your errantly instructive post and then forgot about it. THE INTERNET IS SPOILING MY BRAIN.