Ian Murphy

Job seeker hoping to join the fight against climate change. New dad. Sandwich enthusiast. Wanderlust sufferer.

[Ian Murphy @IanoftheFuture]

*rubs eyes, stretches*

Wait, what year is it? Who owns Twitter? This is not the future I remember!

[Ian Murphy @IanoftheFuture]

@jlengstorf @cassidoo Nice!

[Terrible Maps @TerribleMaps]

The top 12 states to live in

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Hmm

[Ian Murphy @IanoftheFuture]

Hi @aherman2006 happy holidays! Still digging your TV writing, and I'm back with questions for your big Witcher article.
1) Does every fantasy genre show need to be the successor to GoT?
2) Did Netflix position TW as a GoT replacement?
3) Is there anything you liked about TW?

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@aherman2006 Do you think he really has a persecution complex? I agree he relishes being a provocateur ... but don't most comedians?

[Ian Murphy @IanoftheFuture]

@aherman2006 Hi! I read your recent article on Chappelle and while well-written, I think you're missing the mark a bit. I don't think the special is designed to generate inflammatory coverage. It's designed to make people laugh. His 'no sacred cows' attitude ...

[Ian Murphy @IanoftheFuture]

@aherman2006 ... be allowed to find humor in it? He's a showman putting on a show, using materials others won't for fear of their careers. He's never feared that, and it's no different now than when he was a cultural touchstone on ComCentral. Good work, and thanks if u read this.

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@aherman2006 ... but he would say he's just broadening his peppering of stereotypes to groups that don't look like him. Why should it be not okay to offend your own groups, but not others? That seems an odd contradiction. Can only people who have lived an experience ...

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@aherman2006 ... of course he is. But that, if any, is his social point - when did it become not okay for us to laugh at others' expense? Chappelle Show was that in a nutshell, but because the humor was about blacks & whites, is it different? Renee from S&P would say yes ...

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@aherman2006 ... is a bad place to obtain a moral compass. A comedian is a place to go to laugh at things. He's still clever, and I thought S&S found him return more to his charismatic stage presence and presentation than previous specials. Is he saying things that may offend?

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@aherman2006 ... I don't think he's trying to be a voice of a generation, or a dyke holding back a sea of change ... he's trying to make people laugh. He's treading on ground and poking at tender spots where others won't. I'm sure he himself would say a comedian...

[Ian Murphy @IanoftheFuture]

@aherman2006 ... is different than a lot of media created today and that makes it notable - but that's not what makes it funny. As far as an 'obsession with social issues that speak far more to his personal anxieties than the lived experience of those affected by them' ...

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@MicheBarks I'm pretty good. Working for myself as content strategist and freelance writer, it's going well overall. How are you?

[Ian Murphy @IanoftheFuture]

@MicheBarks Also Sea of Rust is good

[Ian Murphy @IanoftheFuture]

@MicheBarks The 5th Season - best book I've read in years

[A bear @A_single_bear]

It turns out I am not allowed on boats. At least that’s what the human who shouted at me by the river indicated. I am a bear.

[Ian Murphy @IanoftheFuture]

Great recap for #ODSCEast 2019!

[Storybench @storybench]

Hey #ODSC, we jotted down some tools, datasets and resources we liked from the conference. Additions? DM us! https://t.co/Ce0DYQJHD3

[✨ Josh Branchaud 👻 @jbrancha]

A big part of starting a new job is getting comfortable saying “I don’t know” with a new group of people.

[Ian Murphy @IanoftheFuture]

There is almost nothing more frustrating than coding - everything is broken, nothing works. That makes the Coder Tribe incredibly persistent. #ODSCEast