Byebye Gawker, you won't be missed

[the_importer_]

http://money.cnn.com/2016/03/18/media/hulk-hogan-gawker-jury-deliberations/index.html

http://i.memeful.com/memes/dNrZeDd.jpg

[PhotonDrop]

Good night, Gracie.

[the_importer_]

Good night, Gracie.

Who's Gracie?

[PhotonDrop]

That's an old comedy bit with George Burns and Gracie Allen. When they finished their routine, George would say,"Say good night, Gracie." and she would say,"Good night, Gracie!"

It's out of context, I'm just making fun of Gawker. They're so done.

[the_importer_]

That's an old comedy bit with George Burns and Gracie Allen. When they finished their routine, George would say,"Say good night, Gracie." and she would say,"Good night, Gracie!"

It's out of context, I'm just making fun of Gawker. They're so done.

Wow, I just Youtubed that, how old are you?

[PhotonDrop]

Not that old! :wacko: I only know the joke through pop culture. Tiny Toon Adventures did a parody of it back in the 90s.

[the_importer_]

Not that old! :wacko: I only know the joke through pop culture. Tiny Toon Adventures did a parody of it back in the 90s.

Ya, I recall that Tiny Toons had a lot of old US cultural references. I never understood them as a kid because I'm in Canada.

[Akaimizu]

Actually, the George Burns and Gracie bit was parodied by so many shows in the US, especially between the 80s and the 90s. To a degree, it had a habit of how it kept coming back. But Warner Brothers cartoons were especially known for their parodies of cultural references for things that happened 20, 30, 40, 50+ years prior. Basically, introducing a new audience (as well as entertaining their parents, and grandparents) to classic sayings.

Something people will be saying when a cartoon, 20 years from now, throws in an "All your base" joke or a character dances the Gangnam Style (Or in a cube, talking about someone calling them on their cellphone) .

[PhotonDrop]

If people even remember those, it would surely be the distorted memes based around them. Much like how the original routine never actually ended with "Good night, Gracie." Memes from a time before the internet. Memes before we even knew the word for it!

On topic: These Gawker clowns really are inhuman monsters. Who jokes about child porn under oath?

[BIG OLAF]

Now we need Huffington Post and Buzzfeed to crash and burn so we can get back to not having every tiny facet of our lives scrutinized by the Politically-Correct Police™ and their cheap clickbait bullshit.

[SilkaN]

Now we need Huffington Post and Buzzfeed to crash and burn so we can get back to not having every tiny facet of our lives scrutinized by the Politically-Correct Police™ and their cheap clickbait bullshit.

Add Feminist Frequency to the list and I'll agree with you.

[Sp-24]

All this really does is set the precedent for where exactly the line they've been toeing for years is. Clickbait won't be going anywhere with how successful yellow journalism has always been.

[isCasted]

Who jokes about child porn under oath?

That was the cringiest part of the whole deal. These people don't just create clickbait, they THINK clickbait. Controversy is their worldview, but now real life has struck them up their butts.

[the_importer_]

That was the cringiest part of the whole deal. These people don't just create clickbait, they THINK clickbait. Controversy is their worldview, but now real life has struck them up their butts.

This kind of crap has existed for long before the Internet, I believe that called it the Supermarket Tabloids.

[The Walrus]

http://i.imgur.com/mY1FtwQ.gif

[Noblewine]

Good riddance to crappy journalism.

[Blitzkommando]

Sadly, they'll just be replaced by a dozen others equally as awful click-bait juggernauts. It sells and is more disturbing as being a symptom than a cause with a society that has large numbers of people who just totally give into it.

[Takeru85]

ROFL HAHAHAHA oh well