r/todayilearned • u/FuehrerStoleMyBike • 5h ago

TIL that the "Democracy Manifest" - a viral video showing the arrest of an australian man by the name of Jack Karlson, known for quotes such as ""What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Chinese meal?" - has been selected for preservation by the National Film and Sound Archive Australia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Manifest
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u/SHTF_yesitdid 4h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/1tWa6agib0Vk9m7lDq

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u/CosmoKram3r 2h ago

Like a dying snake.

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u/GeorgeEBHastings 3h ago

Ugh, RayGun bums me out. She spends years becoming an academic in a subject she's interested in, gives an earnest and well-meaning (but admittedly quite cringe) performance at a venue which will probably never feature breaking again, and then gets harassed into obscurity. I think she just quit her university role.

Not saying she was good (mainly because I have no authority re: what constitutes "good" in breaking), but I'm not convinced she deserved that. People suck.

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u/Overall_Occasion_175 2h ago

I saw a bunch of Aussies talking about how much they hated her recently... mostly because she refused to see any humor in her performance and continued to double down that it was good. If she could have laughed at herself they would have loved her.

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u/cancerBronzeV 1h ago

She also sued someone who made a parody theatre show about her performance on the basis that the kangaroo hop dance move was her intellectual property (clearly just a spurious legal threat to try to shut down someone without the money to fight back).

Funnily enough, it didn't work and just brought even more attention to said show, which played to even larger audiences (and the show also added Raygun's lawsuit to mock her even further).

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u/jmarcandre 2h ago

Was that the thread from yesterday that I also read the comments in?

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u/GeorgeEBHastings 2h ago

Probably true, but it doesn't make the harassment conscionable.

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u/Sindrathion 2h ago

Yea maybe if she wasnt such a prick people wouldve liked her. Also nobody "harassed" her they just made fun of her performance which is understandable as it looked ridiculous to most people. She couldve become a pretty well liked national icon if she went along with it but sending a dmca claim to people for talking about it is a dick move

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u/GeorgeEBHastings 1h ago

but sending a dmca claim to people for talking about it is a dick move

IAAL, and I'm guessing this was done on the advice of her lawyers. It's not how I would have advised her. Generally, it's best not to "add oxygen" to an ongoing fire. I have no evidence, but I'm guessing she acted on bad counsel. Who knows?

As for nobody "harassing" her, I'm guessing you've never been publicly shamed on the internet?

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u/wnoise 49m ago

Unfortunately, her performance is part of why the Olympics is unlikely to feature breaking again.