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[-] buttwater@hexbear.net 46 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Me n the Orcs enjoying a cheap car challenge the-boys-l antelope-popcorn meow-popcorn party-parrot-popcorn the-boys-r

[-] LeZero@hexbear.net 33 points 8 months ago

Hog Gear, a show about hog rearing for war and transport, presented by a troll, an orc and a goblin

[-] Frank@hexbear.net 36 points 8 months ago

Yes. and fantasy racism is cool and good and I love it.

[-] CliffordBigRedDog@hexbear.net 17 points 8 months ago

Damn caught in 4k

[-] buh@hexbear.net 31 points 8 months ago

hobbit TV is the cooking shows you see on PBS

[-] Florn@hexbear.net 18 points 8 months ago

They're actually way too into it. Bake-off hooliganism is one of the major social issues that the Shire struggles with

[-] LibsEatPoop@hexbear.net 27 points 8 months ago

If you’re asking seriously, then yes. It’s literally racist. Your confusing the biological differences between the fictional races and using that to state that culturally they are a) homogenous and b) have completely different and exclusive forms of media.

For eg: Elvish people might have 300 season long soap opera. But will every elvish person want to consume them? Even new-borns? Children? What media do they consume? Are there not elves who go against the dominant culture and create alternative forms of media?

And the soap-operas themselves - how much is that a product of “biology” vs just a result of older elves having entrenched power in elvish society? They are the ones in positions of power - with money, wealth, fame etc and they decide the taste?

An equally, if not more important point is the differences between Elvish cultures, the history of how they interacted and how the cultures themselves changes over time. And this is different from any conversation regarding biological differences between the various types of elves - High Elves, Wood Elves, Dark Elves etc. Don’t confuse the two. High Elves should have cultural and historical differences distinct from their differences with Wood Elves.

I know it gets complicated very easily, and this is just fantasy. And most people don’t want to delve that deeply.

But OP you literally framed it like a question.

[-] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 38 points 8 months ago

And most people don’t want to delve that deeply.

except dwarves

[-] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 21 points 8 months ago

The safeword is "too greedily and too deep" panting

[-] Tabitha@hexbear.net 14 points 8 months ago

Star Wars is so aggressively racist and cowardly that they constantly invent imaginary races that can't defend themselves and stereotype tf out of all of them.

[-] Moss@hexbear.net 6 points 8 months ago

And then they don't even do anything interesting with the fantasy races. My biggest comlaint with Andor is that everyone is a boring normal human

[-] wopazoo@hexbear.net 9 points 8 months ago
[-] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 8 months ago

I don't think it is stating that "every single elf etc watches this tv only."

I think this is arguing that the real issue is the TV monopoly in Middle Earth is only ever churning out shows based on pandering and focus testing, always playing it as safe as possible and the built in audiences have to just either tolerate it or not watch tv at all.

[-] oregoncom@hexbear.net 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Actually fantasy races can interbreed so they're all just one species with a bunch of incredibly inbred subpopulations.

[-] edge@hexbear.net 26 points 8 months ago

How much for the whole package, minus Elf TV?

[-] HiImThomasPynchon@hexbear.net 26 points 8 months ago
[-] Ho_Chi_Chungus@hexbear.net 12 points 8 months ago

70 if you get the bundle with internet

[-] BynarsAreOk@hexbear.net 24 points 8 months ago

Its a shame Mythbusters went from cool science and lots of engineering with a small amount of reality TV to mostly reality TV, some engineering(but only if main story) and very little science. One of the most obvious transformation of media due to capitalism I can think of. Even though Adam already talked about the RFID drama it was still not as bad back then.

At least you can still watch Adam's solo YT it is decent.

[-] axont@hexbear.net 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I knew something became fishy when half the myths became about making huge explosions in the desert

The breaking bad episode is really good though and that's in a later season. They even rig up an automatic machine gun turret like Walt had. It worked exactly as depicted in Breaking Bad, and even shot the Walt mannequin by accident.

[-] Mickmacduffin@hexbear.net 24 points 8 months ago

I asked my elf friend and he said its fine

[-] Mindfury@hexbear.net 23 points 8 months ago

keeping that shit locked to Orc TV and throwing my remote away

[-] Egon@hexbear.net 16 points 8 months ago

Sometimes signals get crossed and I receive dwarf tv. I do not complain.

[-] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 13 points 8 months ago
[-] PaulSmackage@hexbear.net 4 points 8 months ago

This is basically my garage tv lmao

[-] SoyViking@hexbear.net 22 points 8 months ago

Hobbit TV: The Great Bakeoff

Dragon TV: Stock market reports

Vampire TV: PragerU videos

[-] Formerlyfarman@hexbear.net 6 points 8 months ago

The vampires and necromancers tend to own large property holdings so there is some ovelap there.

[-] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 20 points 8 months ago

Never realised that Mark Kurlansky had Dwarven blood til now

[-] AMDIsOurLord@lemmy.ml 18 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Turkish TV is literally the elf stereotype. The Turkish TV dramas are 350+ episodes

[-] huf@hexbear.net 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)
[-] AMDIsOurLord@lemmy.ml 11 points 8 months ago
[-] axont@hexbear.net 7 points 8 months ago

That's what long running soap operas are like. General Hospital has 15,000 episodes. Young and the Restless has 12,500.

[-] SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net 17 points 8 months ago

Tieflings: Mid tier superhero shows with edgelord protagonists.

Aasimar: Educational content and PSAs.

Kender: The trashiest reality TV you can possibly imagine.

[-] HiImThomasPynchon@hexbear.net 9 points 8 months ago

Dragons watch Bloomberg and CNBC

Firbolg watch Bob Ross and gardening shows

[-] RNAi@hexbear.net 3 points 8 months ago
[-] SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Devil people, Angel people, and Hobbits with a different copyright

[-] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 7 points 8 months ago

Hobbits with a different copyright

If they're the race I'm thinking of, then also a unique view on personal property.

[-] Amir@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

Aasimar would probably be religious teachings and passages

[-] Hestia@hexbear.net 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I don't think fairy TV is accurate.

The fae can get up to so much more shenanigans than face swapping.

[-] LeZero@hexbear.net 6 points 8 months ago

Jackass but they do the bits to clueless people

[-] Hestia@hexbear.net 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

This poor lumberjack got lost in the woods. So we're going to turn him into a tree, chop off his branches, and turn him back into his original form.

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