Not fully understanding "Family Ties" when I was younger

Catherine Wheel · 03-07-2017, 05:41 PM

When I was little I would watch reruns of Family Ties and I thought it was funny but I didn't fully understand until later how subversive it was as far as dealing with the opposing values of Alex Keaton's hippie parents and his more conservative Reagan era values. Or how his character was kind of a satire on 80s materialism. Like in some ways it was just as subversive as All In The Family with its themes of opposing values of Archie Bunkers generation and his liberal hippie son in laws values.

Trotskilicious · 03-07-2017, 05:43 PM

great thread i'm sure it'll generate lots of family ties discussion

Run To Me · 03-07-2017, 05:45 PM

It is happy to see your posting. Yes really informative points. I will tell this information again to my friend thank you?

Trotskilicious · 03-07-2017, 05:57 PM

did i miss any of kimani's dating threads where he reveals that he might not be simply a harmless dork with mild autism but he's possibly a dangerous, abusive sociopath that gets off on cheating?

MyOneAndOnly · 03-07-2017, 08:21 PM

Hey CW!

qwerty sp · 03-07-2017, 08:31 PM

Ahh young Alex. Flabby, pasty, riddled with phlebitis - a good republican body

reprise85 · 03-07-2017, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

did i miss any of kimani's dating threads where he reveals that he might not be simply a harmless dork with mild autism but he's possibly a dangerous, abusive sociopath that gets off on cheating?

no, he 'quit' and just comes back about every other month to tell us we're all mentally ill and he's so glad he doesn't post on netphoria anymore (as he posts on it)

reprise85 · 03-07-2017, 09:45 PM

you did miss me going on off on him on being a manipulative creep in one thread. considering i usually avoid things like that and will almost never make private conversation public (in fact this is the first time I believe I've done this on netphoria in 10 years), i like to think he deserved it

Disco King · 03-07-2017, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

did i miss any of kimani's dating threads where he reveals that he might not be simply a harmless dork with mild autism but he's possibly a dangerous, abusive sociopath that gets off on cheating?

Did you see the one where he was trying to ask for ways to "console" his coworker because she was "philosophizing?"

Run To Me · 03-07-2017, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Disco King

Did you see the one where he was trying to ask for ways to "console" his coworker because she was "philosophizing?"

I member this

Strangely enough, your (excellent) parody thread "friend desperately in need of comfort and console," talking about game consoles, is where killtrocity gave me the fateful advice to pick up a PS3, which I've been joyfully playing ever since

Talking I wouldn't even know about Demons Souls, Oblivion, GTA IV, Farcry Blood Dragon, Shadows of the Damned, Child of Light, or the many many other delights that are now part of my life

So ... thank you Disco King! Thank you killtrocity! And last but not least, Kimono Sharter!

Netphoria: changing lives for the better, one shitty shitpost at a time

Catherine Wheel · 03-08-2017, 02:21 AM

So first you think I have autism but later come to believe I am a sociopath? Autism is nothing like sociopathy. So just when you think you have me figured out I give you another impression. You're trying to figure me out based on what I post here but it doesn't lead you anywhere. But you're sure that you're onto something. What if I am neither autistic or a sociopath? What if it's all just a persona or an experiment? The Internet is a perfect environment to wear a mask. I remember reprise made some comment a little while back about me being a puppet master on netphoria and pulling the strings

Trotskilicious · 03-08-2017, 02:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Catherine Wheel

What if it's all just a persona or an experiment? The Internet is a perfect environment to wear a mask. I remember reprise made some comment a little while back about me being a puppet master on netphoria and pulling the strings

ahh yeah there we go

Catherine Wheel · 03-08-2017, 06:24 AM

rbg figured it out too. He said it took him awhile but he finally caught onto the mind games and personas of what I've been doing.

"CW honestly sees us as his little terrarium of mentally ill bugs to study"

LaBelle · 03-08-2017, 07:46 AM

PULL THE STRINGS!!!

FoolofaTook · 03-08-2017, 09:06 AM

So first you think I have autism but later come to believe I am a sociopath? Autism is nothing likesociopathy. So just when you think you have me figured out I give you another impression. You're trying to figure me out based on what I post here but it doesn't lead you anywhere. But you're sure that you're onto something. What if I am neither autistic or a sociopath? What if it's all just a persona or an experiment? The Internet is a perfect environment to wear a mask. I remember reprise made some comment a little while back about me being a puppet master on netphoria and pulling the strings

So first you think I have autism but later come to believe I am a sociopath? Autism is nothing likesociopathy. So just when you think you have me figured out I give you another impression. You're trying to figure me out based on what I post here but it doesn't lead you anywhere. But you're sure that you're onto something. What if I am neither autistic or a sociopath? What if it's all just a persona or an experiment? The Internet is a perfect environment to wear a mask. I remember reprise made some comment a little while back about me being a puppet master on netphoria and pulling the strings

So first you think I have autism but later come to believe I am a sociopath? Autism is nothing likesociopathy. So just when you think you have me figured out I give you another impression. You're trying to figure me out based on what I post here but it doesn't lead you anywhere. But you're sure that you're onto something. What if I am neither autistic or a sociopath? What if it's all just a persona or an experiment? The Internet is a perfect environment to wear a mask. I remember reprise made some comment a little while back about me being a puppet master on netphoria and pulling the strings

So first you think I have autism but later come to believe I am a sociopath? Autism is nothing likesociopathy. So just when you think you have me figured out I give you another impression. You're trying to figure me out based on what I post here but it doesn't lead you anywhere. But you're sure that you're onto something. What if I am neither autistic or a sociopath? What if it's all just a persona or an experiment? The Internet is a perfect environment to wear a mask. I remember reprise made some comment a little while back about me being a puppet master on netphoria and pulling the strings

So first you think I have autism but later come to believe I am a sociopath? Autism is nothing likesociopathy. So just when you think you have me figured out I give you another impression. You're trying to figure me out based on what I post here but it doesn't lead you anywhere. But you're sure that you're onto something. What if I am neither autistic or a sociopath? What if it's all just a persona or an experiment? The Internet is a perfect environment to wear a mask. I remember reprise made some comment a little while back about me being a puppet master on netphoria and pulling the strings

So first you think I have autism but later come to believe I am a sociopath? Autism is nothing likesociopathy. So just when you think you have me figured out I give you another impression. You're trying to figure me out based on what I post here but it doesn't lead you anywhere. But you're sure that you're onto something. What if I am neither autistic or a sociopath? What if it's all just a persona or an experiment? The Internet is a perfect environment to wear a mask. I remember reprise made some comment a little while back about me being a puppet master on netphoria and pulling the strings

FoolofaTook · 03-08-2017, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by LaBelle

PULL THE STRINGS!!!

Lol i love this movie

lol

reprise85 · 03-08-2017, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

ahh yeah there we go

i said that he thinks that's what he's doing

it doesn't matter, 'experiment' or not, anyone who engages in such behavior has antisocial tendencies. also, autism and sociopathy do have some things in common, for example a lack of ability to connect with others emotionally.

Catherine Wheel · 03-08-2017, 01:23 PM

No you didn't say that's what I think I'm doing. You said "CW is the puppet master. He pulls the strings." Don't try to go back and change it now.

yo soy el mejor · 03-08-2017, 01:41 PM

yo soy el mejor · 03-08-2017, 01:45 PM

you can't make him feel cool and then just take it away like that. you didn't add "in his mind" so there is no way you were thinking that when you called me the puppermaster. no way. no way. you can't do that to me, erica!

Catherine Wheel · 03-08-2017, 01:56 PM

Stop sending me insults in the rep comment section. It's cowardly. You've been doing that for years. Rbg asked me to leave in the rep comments section which is also cowardly but in a different sort of way.

yo soy el mejor · 02:03 PM

you mean when i repped the op (original post) with 'dumb'? i can't see past '15 on your user cp. how often do i send you rep? i need stats, records...go on, get.

yo soy el mejor · 03-08-2017, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Catherine Wheel

Stop sending me insults in the rep comment section. It's cowardly. You've been doing that for years. Rbg asked me to leave in the rep comments section which is also cowardly but in a different sort of way.

dumb

reprise85 · 03-08-2017, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Catherine Wheel

No you didn't say that's what I think I'm doing. You said "CW is the puppet master. He pulls the strings." Don't try to go back and change it now.

hmm perhaps i did say it that way. i guess you can't detect sarcasm. whatever dude. you are the puppet master - you have us all figured out and you are a superior specimen while we are inferior cockroaches. make sure you take a picture and frame that quote on your wall.

yo soy el mejor · 03-08-2017, 03:27 PM

no take backs!

Disco King · 03-08-2017, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Catherine Wheel

So first you think I have autism but later come to believe I am a sociopath? Autism is nothing like sociopathy. So just when you think you have me figured out I give you another impression. You're trying to figure me out based on what I post here but it doesn't lead you anywhere. But you're sure that you're onto something. What if I am neither autistic or a sociopath? What if it's all just a persona or an experiment? The Internet is a perfect environment to wear a mask. I remember reprise made some comment a little while back about me being a puppet master on netphoria and pulling the strings

I don't see how you seeing yourself as a "puppet master" on an online band forum makes you any less autistic, but okay.

Disco King · 03-08-2017, 04:21 PM

Just to be clear, I'm not trying to lob "autistic" as an insult. There's nothing wrong with being autistic. It's just another set of variations of patterns of problem solving. No worse than being left-handed.

Disco King · 03-08-2017, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by yo soy el mejor

you mean when i repped the op (original post) with 'dumb'? i can't see past '15 on your user cp. how often do i send you rep? i need stats, records...go on, get.

You dare neg-rep the Netphoria Puppet Master? Fool. Do you not comprehend how insignificant a peon you are compared to him? Do you not understand how you only live at his discretion, and how that life can be taken away on but his whim?!

Run To Me · 03-08-2017, 04:26 PM

There's a lot of things I didn't fully understand when I was younger, some of which I will reflect upon from time to time

However, fair-to-middling american sitcoms from the 80s are simply not among these things

LaBelle · 03-08-2017, 04:31 PM

I don't fully understand why grown-ass men feel the need to prove their superiority by continually trying to upset others on an anonymous music message board on the internet.

Yet, here we are.

03-07-2017, 05:41 PM	#1
Catherine Wheel Banned Location: Washington, D.C. Posts: 6,321	Not fully understanding "Family Ties" when I was younger When I was little I would watch reruns of Family Ties and I thought it was funny but I didn't fully understand until later how subversive it was as far as dealing with the opposing values of Alex Keaton's hippie parents and his more conservative Reagan era values. Or how his character was kind of a satire on 80s materialism. Like in some ways it was just as subversive as All In The Family with its themes of opposing values of Archie Bunkers generation and his liberal hippie son in laws values.

03-08-2017, 01:58 PM	#22
yo soy el mejor Banned Location: all over the Internet Posts: 43,693	you mean when i repped the op (original post) with 'dumb'? i can't see past '15 on your user cp. how often do i send you rep? i need stats, records...go on, get. Last edited by yo soy el mejor : 03-08-2017 at 02:03 PM. Reason: perfect timing for bringing it up, too!

03-07-2017, 05:43 PM	#2
Trotskilicious Banned Location: I believe in the transcendental qualities of friendship. Posts: 39,602	great thread i'm sure it'll generate lots of family ties discussion

03-07-2017, 05:45 PM	#3
Run To Me Minion of Satan Location: Where the frog spoils the leaf Posts: 5,992	It is happy to see your posting. Yes really informative points. I will tell this information again to my friend thank you?

03-07-2017, 05:57 PM	#4
Trotskilicious Banned Location: I believe in the transcendental qualities of friendship. Posts: 39,602	did i miss any of kimani's dating threads where he reveals that he might not be simply a harmless dork with mild autism but he's possibly a dangerous, abusive sociopath that gets off on cheating?

03-07-2017, 08:21 PM	#5
MyOneAndOnly Shut the fuck up! Location: "Okay, white power feminist" - yo soy el mejor Posts: 21,952	Hey CW!

03-07-2017, 08:31 PM	#6
qwerty sp Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 1,782	Ahh young Alex. Flabby, pasty, riddled with phlebitis - a good republican body

03-07-2017, 09:45 PM	#8
reprise85 BOTTLEG ILLEGAL Location: I'm faced with so many changes that I just might change my face Posts: 31,891	you did miss me going on off on him on being a manipulative creep in one thread. considering i usually avoid things like that and will almost never make private conversation public (in fact this is the first time I believe I've done this on netphoria in 10 years), i like to think he deserved it

03-08-2017, 02:21 AM	#11
Catherine Wheel Banned Location: Washington, D.C. Posts: 6,321	So first you think I have autism but later come to believe I am a sociopath? Autism is nothing like sociopathy. So just when you think you have me figured out I give you another impression. You're trying to figure me out based on what I post here but it doesn't lead you anywhere. But you're sure that you're onto something. What if I am neither autistic or a sociopath? What if it's all just a persona or an experiment? The Internet is a perfect environment to wear a mask. I remember reprise made some comment a little while back about me being a puppet master on netphoria and pulling the strings

03-08-2017, 06:24 AM	#13
Catherine Wheel Banned Location: Washington, D.C. Posts: 6,321	rbg figured it out too. He said it took him awhile but he finally caught onto the mind games and personas of what I've been doing. "CW honestly sees us as his little terrarium of mentally ill bugs to study"

03-08-2017, 07:46 AM	#14
LaBelle Socialphobic Location: Away Posts: 11,058	PULL THE STRINGS!!!

03-08-2017, 09:06 AM	#15
FoolofaTook Just Hook it to My Veins! Posts: 35,701	So first you think I have autism but later come to believe I am a sociopath? Autism is nothing likesociopathy. So just when you think you have me figured out I give you another impression. You're trying to figure me out based on what I post here but it doesn't lead you anywhere. But you're sure that you're onto something. What if I am neither autistic or a sociopath? What if it's all just a persona or an experiment? The Internet is a perfect environment to wear a mask. I remember reprise made some comment a little while back about me being a puppet master on netphoria and pulling the strings So first you think I have autism but later come to believe I am a sociopath? Autism is nothing likesociopathy. So just when you think you have me figured out I give you another impression. You're trying to figure me out based on what I post here but it doesn't lead you anywhere. But you're sure that you're onto something. What if I am neither autistic or a sociopath? What if it's all just a persona or an experiment? The Internet is a perfect environment to wear a mask. I remember reprise made some comment a little while back about me being a puppet master on netphoria and pulling the strings So first you think I have autism but later come to believe I am a sociopath? Autism is nothing likesociopathy. So just when you think you have me figured out I give you another impression. You're trying to figure me out based on what I post here but it doesn't lead you anywhere. But you're sure that you're onto something. What if I am neither autistic or a sociopath? What if it's all just a persona or an experiment? The Internet is a perfect environment to wear a mask. I remember reprise made some comment a little while back about me being a puppet master on netphoria and pulling the strings So first you think I have autism but later come to believe I am a sociopath? Autism is nothing likesociopathy. So just when you think you have me figured out I give you another impression. You're trying to figure me out based on what I post here but it doesn't lead you anywhere. But you're sure that you're onto something. What if I am neither autistic or a sociopath? What if it's all just a persona or an experiment? The Internet is a perfect environment to wear a mask. I remember reprise made some comment a little while back about me being a puppet master on netphoria and pulling the strings So first you think I have autism but later come to believe I am a sociopath? Autism is nothing likesociopathy. So just when you think you have me figured out I give you another impression. You're trying to figure me out based on what I post here but it doesn't lead you anywhere. But you're sure that you're onto something. What if I am neither autistic or a sociopath? What if it's all just a persona or an experiment? The Internet is a perfect environment to wear a mask. I remember reprise made some comment a little while back about me being a puppet master on netphoria and pulling the strings So first you think I have autism but later come to believe I am a sociopath? Autism is nothing likesociopathy. So just when you think you have me figured out I give you another impression. You're trying to figure me out based on what I post here but it doesn't lead you anywhere. But you're sure that you're onto something. What if I am neither autistic or a sociopath? What if it's all just a persona or an experiment? The Internet is a perfect environment to wear a mask. I remember reprise made some comment a little while back about me being a puppet master on netphoria and pulling the strings

03-08-2017, 01:23 PM	#18
Catherine Wheel Banned Location: Washington, D.C. Posts: 6,321	No you didn't say that's what I think I'm doing. You said "CW is the puppet master. He pulls the strings." Don't try to go back and change it now.

03-08-2017, 01:41 PM	#19
yo soy el mejor Banned Location: all over the Internet Posts: 43,693

03-08-2017, 01:45 PM	#20
yo soy el mejor Banned Location: all over the Internet Posts: 43,693	you can't make him feel cool and then just take it away like that. you didn't add "in his mind" so there is no way you were thinking that when you called me the puppermaster. no way. no way. you can't do that to me, erica!

03-08-2017, 01:56 PM	#21
Catherine Wheel Banned Location: Washington, D.C. Posts: 6,321	Stop sending me insults in the rep comment section. It's cowardly. You've been doing that for years. Rbg asked me to leave in the rep comments section which is also cowardly but in a different sort of way.

03-08-2017, 03:27 PM	#25
yo soy el mejor Banned Location: all over the Internet Posts: 43,693	no take backs!

03-08-2017, 04:21 PM	#27
Disco King Minion of Satan Location: Banned Posts: 7,689	Just to be clear, I'm not trying to lob "autistic" as an insult. There's nothing wrong with being autistic. It's just another set of variations of patterns of problem solving. No worse than being left-handed.

03-08-2017, 04:26 PM	#29
Run To Me Minion of Satan Location: Where the frog spoils the leaf Posts: 5,992	There's a lot of things I didn't fully understand when I was younger, some of which I will reflect upon from time to time However, fair-to-middling american sitcoms from the 80s are simply not among these things

03-08-2017, 04:31 PM	#30
LaBelle Socialphobic Location: Away Posts: 11,058	I don't fully understand why grown-ass men feel the need to prove their superiority by continually trying to upset others on an anonymous music message board on the internet. Yet, here we are.