I was watching this video

Which I felt was humorous to be sure, but also a sad and accurate portrayal of the "vocal minority" in the gaming community at large and began to wonder. Do the people who are being made fun of, realize that they are the target of the joke? And if so, do they laugh along, or being the type of person they are, do they get angry? Are they conflicted? Can you laugh at yourself for being the way you are? And then, it sort of spun off into other areas. For instance

What do racists think of the way they're portrayed in popular media?

Do they watch these shows and cheer at scenes that are made to be jeered at? Can they appreciate characters who start off racist but eventually see the error of their ways and become better people? If you are legitimately of the same mindset of the character, is the entire show/episode/movie a completely different experience than for someone who isn't?

How about gamers?

In most cases, when the butt of a joke is that the person is a gamer, I'm usually laughing along rather than feeling like I'm being laughed at. I feel like things have gotten to a point where there isn't as negative a stigma attached to being a gamer as there was say 5 to 10 years ago. I might be singing a different tune though if I were a morbidly obese, extremely socially awkward fellow who's life revolved around an MMORPG. If that were the case, maybe I'd be a little more offended but in my personal case, prolly not because I'd be able to see that it's funny because it's true. . . I laughed out loud in 40 year old virgin during this scene. Btw, I'm an asian gamer with a lot of games.

I looked so hard for a movie clip, and it doesn't exist...

Anyway, for the most part, I think smart writers know who the target audience is, and can write in an in-joke type of fashion. Though, you do occasionally get this.

I tried so hard to find Sarah Silverman at the VGA, but I think ninja assassins have somehow deleted it from the internet. Seriously, it's crazy. The video doesn't exist. . .

Anyway, back on point. Did I even have a point?

No. not really. I was just curious whether people who rage about review scores see these types of things portraying them as, I dunno, crazy people and realize that they're sort of crazy. Do they laugh along? Or do they rage some more? Are they embarrassed? The world may never know. I'm hungry.