Talk:GEEWUN
Why do I get the feeling that this page is going to become a war zone? -- SFH 23:15, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
- Because it's raping our childhoods? Semysane 00:48, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
What we should do is find that New York Post (or whichever is the NY tabloid) article about the guy who proudly refuses to watch the movie, and made the vaugley threatening comment that Hollywood shouldn't mess with HIS childhood. --FFN 07:18, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
I thought people were more mad over the fact that movie Optimus had a mouth...?
- I doubt it. He wasn't even the first one. Optimus Primal and Cybertron Optimus Prime both had mouths. - Semysane 07:50, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
Ok, on TFW, at least, using this term is now equatable to using the N-word in the minds of a number of fans... Any other board have this problem, and if they do, should this be added?67.242.198.238 22:15, 15 January 2010 (EST)
- I have to admit, I'd be a bit put out if I discovered my sister was dating a Geewunner. -Derik 23:24, 15 January 2010 (EST)
- It is? Geewunling 06:57, 16 January 2010 (EST)
- Then those fans are stupid. And obviously fat white guys. Now, if the term is a bannable offense somewhere, that might be worth caring about. -hx 12:30, 16 January 2010 (EST)
- Uh, yeah. While that's not the worst "first-world problems" bullshit I've ever heard in my life, it's pretty high up there, just as much as "raped my childhood". --M Sipher 17:44, 16 January 2010 (EST)
We need a article on fan snark
It's heavily implied but never outright stated...while we have pages dedicated to deader than dirt catchphrase unearthed on decade old newgroups posts. To make a long story short, after reading this wiki for years I think the snarks come off as more bitter and loud than they whiners they dump on. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.159.36.27 (talk • contribs).
- We have a page for a deader-than-dirt catchphrase? Which one? --Andrusi 12:00, 25 September 2011 (EDT)
- The anon wasn't me. But feel free to continue second-guessing things. 79.74.86.73 07:14, 8 October 2011 (EDT)
Anyone have a copy of that first use?
It seems like Cliffjumper retracted his old post where he first used the term "Geewun" sometime in July, so the link to it isn't all that informative anymore. Is there some kind of copy or cached version we could link to instead? --161.253.51.49 10:11, 24 September 2011 (EDT)
P.S. to the above- Judging by the content of the recently edited version of Cliffjumper's post, I think he doesn't like this page all that much. Ironic, isn't it?--161.253.51.49 10:18, 24 September 2011 (EDT)
- I don't see what Cliffjumper's problem is. We aren't making fun of the fact that people mis-remember, we are making fun of people who place their flawed memories above the facts even when the facts are carefully explained to them. It is this inability to accept error and change that is worthy of derision not their ignorance (in the pure, non-pejorative sense of lack of knowledge) that we are railing against. --Khajidha 10:25, 24 September 2011 (EDT)
- I don't get it either, because it's exactly as Khajidha says. We aren't making fun of people for misremembering. We're making fun of them for not being able to ADMIT that they are or even could possibly be misremembering when presented with sound reasoning for why. I found an archived version at the Wayback Machine and changed the link. Should we note the reason for using the archived version? --Tigerpaw28 12:44, 24 September 2011 (EDT)
- I don't see why not- linking to the version that was up earlier just confused me, which is why I brought this up earlier. --161.253.51.49 11:07, 25 September 2011 (EDT)
The ultimate Geewunner
Transformers was ruined FOREVER in 1985!--Nevermore 14:38, 17 June 2012 (EDT)
Cracked.com
Would it be worth mentioning that any article cracked.com makes that touches on Transformers has a clear Geewun viewpoint? I can provide examples if necessary, but a quick search of "transformers" or "michael bay" should be sufficient.192.249.47.177 14:08, 28 August 2012 (EDT)
