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Oh poop, I missed his AMA by an hour. I used to use Reddit heavily and already have an account there. But then, reading the thing, I can't feel too bad, 'cause his answers are as dull as his skating.
[–]beesbee 5 points 10 hours ago
Why didn't your Tron costume light up??
[–]MaxTAaron 11 points 9 hours ago
I couldn't make it work, trust me, I tried.
Dude, he quoted South Park, smacked down one of the "you're so gay" brigade with "Real men wear tights" and was polite and witty in most of the other answers. Think you were reading the wrong AMA, mate.
He gave brief boilerplate answers to all the questions, telling us absolutely nothing new. And nothing new is the very definition of a South Park reference, a TV show over a decade old that may have been controversial once, but has long since entrenched itself as a libertarian establishment. That song is so banal even Brian Boitano skated to it, and named a TV show after it. It was cutting edge humor in the age of beepers and AOL.
As for his "real men wear tights" answer, that's a glib and trite answer, if not an outright concurrence to a homophobic sentiment. Since the question asked was, "how straight can you be wearing tights?" His answer implied "real men" are "straight men". I guess, if you insist, that sort of ignorance in a general context may be shocking enough to make this AMA less soporific. But no one who knows how conservative figure skating is would be remotely surprised by it.
He gave brief boilerplate answers to all the questions, telling us absolutely nothing new. And nothing new is the very definition of a South Park reference, a TV show over a decade old that may have been controversial once, but has long since entrenched itself as a libertarian establishment. That song is so banal even Brian Boitano skated to it, and named a TV show after it. It was cutting edge humor in the age of beepers and AOL.
Aw, come on. Max has no obligation to be cutting edge.
I think your reading of Max's answers says a lot more about you than about him.
Aw, I don't think I'm superior to you, golden411. I apologize if I ever gave that impression. And I wish you every happiness on your island paradise filled with beer, your Max Aaron-sired grand kids and whatever else you imagine.
I strongly disagree with SB in that I did/do not think for one second that the implication of Max's words is/was that "real men are straight men."
I'm not a linguist, but that is why I referred to unfairly putting words in Max's mouth.