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Topic | Mary Trump says her uncle's upbringing was full of neglect and trauma |
Proto_Spark 07/07/20 7:08:56 PM #17 | andel posted... we see why trump was so desperate to block this book...yet another source that makes him look like the moronic and petulant manchild he is If the book is as accurate as it claims to be, Trump isn't just a man child, he's a victim and a victim who lost. Because the entire Trump narrative is that the world is trying to hold him back, but they're failing, while this book comes along and says he was beaten into submission and only got to the place he is now by giving up. That makes his whole narrative fall apart and is way more damaging to Trump's image than anything that could be done by "the libs" |
Topic | MCU: 20 films of male fan service... |
Proto_Spark 07/07/20 7:04:48 PM #36 | specialkid8 posted... Literally the whole point of Endgame was fan service. I thought that scene was cute. I chuckled a little when they came in for the group shot. Y'all need to stop taking things so seriously. |
Topic | Wait. Ronald Reagan didn't publicly comment on the AIDS crisis until 1985. |
Proto_Spark 07/07/20 1:23:21 PM #9 | Reagan didnt see a reason to care about something that didnt affect him until his friend Rock Hudson was revealed to be suffering from AIDS-related illnesses. |
Topic | MCU: 20 films of male fan service... |
Proto_Spark 07/06/20 11:21:47 PM #21 | iPhone_7 posted... That scene in Endgame was funny. Its a kids film though so whatever. This. It was a little heavy handed, but so what? If anyone got a kick out of that scene its a win as far as Im concerned. |
Topic | MCU: 20 films of male fan service... |
Proto_Spark 07/06/20 8:58:45 PM #12 | Kami_no_Kami posted... Im not sure if there was a similar scene in Infinity War as Proto_Spark said, but if there was, the fact that I missed that it was a girl power scene speaks to how much better it worked. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oun-sgQbssQ Its waaaayyyy less on the nose about it. Also like 1/2 the length, so I could see why the endgame one might be preferable to some for the whole girl power moment, but this fit a lot better into the movie and only used the female characters that were present. |
Topic | MCU: 20 films of male fan service... |
Proto_Spark 07/06/20 7:46:26 PM #10 | Hayame Zero posted... Do you mean the Endgame scene? They did kind of do a shit job building any good female heroines over a decade though. I actually like Captain Marvel and Carol as a character, but that's about it in terms of major powerful women. I think the problem with the endgame girl power scene was just throwing every girl they had introduced in the series basically into that one scene, and it felt weirdly out of place with the rest of the ending. Thats not a problem with girl power kickass scenes, the one in Infinity War was awesome. |
Topic | Harvard announced their classes will be online Tuition will stay the same at 49k |
Proto_Spark 07/06/20 3:02:13 PM #21 | Is that like a normal price for American school tuition? because that's more than my entire undergraduate in Canada. That's not even including other costs like room/board. Lebronwon posted... Judging from social media sounds like going to harvard is actually closer to 80k a year with the other fees. They still paying for room and board. OK that's more than double my entire student loans. |
Topic | why is losing weight considered hard |
Proto_Spark 07/06/20 2:47:22 PM #39 | Blue_School posted... That's not a diet... This. Especially if you actually want to either have a healthy diet or even just keep the weight off, since the majority of diets that are advertised to people aren't actually healthy. And if you want to have an actually healthy diet, just saying calories in, calories out isn't actually a solution, because taking that approach just makes people stop eating entirely. You can't go on a diet for 3 months to lose weight, and then go right back to what you were doing, because you're going to get all the weight back, and that's the problem people usually have to lead to saying things like "diets don't work". For an example, your body processes an apple very differently than it processes the same amount of apple juice. There are a ton of factors influencing this (not only that the apple juice is about 99% sugar) so your body has completely different reactions to both things, even if you're technically intaking the same amount of calories from both of them. |
Topic | When will Disney make a mainline animation starting a gay character |
Proto_Spark 07/06/20 2:39:15 PM #6 | Disney will only ever make gay characters in small enough roles that they can be edited out in China. |
Topic | The President, on sports team names |
Proto_Spark 07/06/20 2:37:28 PM #16 | Does the president of the United States really not have better things to do than whine about the Washington Redskins on Twitter, like 4 years after it was a controversy? |
Topic | If Billie Eilish was a hot dog condement... |
Proto_Spark 07/05/20 11:53:40 AM #5 | MeIon Bread posted... I asked CE one time if she got around much, and they were angry, for some reason. maybe because shes barely 18? |
Topic | Conservative prodigy Ben Shapiro gets DESTROYED by BBC. (NSFW) |
Proto_Spark 07/05/20 11:52:40 AM #32 | Shablagoo posted... hes a fool of the highest order who has an ok grasp on the English language and can spit words out in rapid succession but, personally, when the ideas behind those words are literally that asinine, i dont find it impressive. I think its worth noting that this is literally the reason hes successful. He uses his better use of the English language (in addition to controlling 90+% of the mic time and not actually letting people fully answer him) to get young college students tongue tied and acts like its a whole mic-drop moment of sheer epic ness when it doesnt prove the point they were making wrong, it just makes them look kind of silly. Shapiro fans take 5 seconds of being tongue tied as the absolute proof that whatever Ben is arguing is absolute fact and this proves it because otherwise, some random 18 year old should obviously be able to keep up with someone whos been trained in debate by Harvard. Also why that BBC interview is so famous. Its literally just Shapiros schtick, used on him, and made him look like a snowflake because he couldnt back up his own arguments from the book he wrote. |
Topic | Conservative prodigy Ben Shapiro gets DESTROYED by BBC. (NSFW) |
Proto_Spark 07/05/20 11:42:43 AM #29 | Lorenzo_2003 posted... Shapiro lost his cool, so he definitely lost the argument. He did not come prepared and he let his emotions get the better of him. It isnt that Ben has only ever lost one debate, its that the BBC barely had to push on anything to get Ben to completely fold under the pressure, suggesting that he has nothing to actually back up what he believes in. This completely fits with his snake oil salesman character and acts as more of an example of the kind of **** Ben thinks is a good debate. Its a great example of actually displaying the kind of fraud Shapiro is. Because the regular Ben Shapiro is a guy who makes his living off of doing **** like bullying College students who arent as prepared as he is, and acting like its proof that the left is failing, but it happens to him and its suddenly excuses. |
Topic | Guy at restaurant: "Why's everyone so happy with what's going on?" |
Proto_Spark 07/04/20 5:48:46 PM #4 | FortuneCookie posted... I wouldn't help someone pack and move. You won't get free service out of me whatever your views on this country. :v What if they offer pizza and beer? |
Topic | New Trump Appointee Puts Global Internet Freedom at Risk, Critics Say. |
Proto_Spark 07/04/20 5:47:04 PM #4 | ohiostate124 posted... Wait, I thought the whole net neutrality Thing was going to kill us all? Here we go again. It probably will, it just hasn't happened yet since the moves against Net Neutrality are still being fought over. |
Topic | List Of All US Politicians Charged Or Convicted of Sex Crimes Against Minors. |
Proto_Spark 07/04/20 5:42:21 PM #19 | Note, that these aren't current US politicians currently serving some purpose. Its a list of all recent ones, and a number of them have either left their previous political jobs, and many are currently in jail. For example, this list includes Tim Nolan (R) who was sentenced for 20 years in February 2018 and Anthony Weiner, who as of right now, has already served his entire prison sentence (this is a different issue though). It also lists people like Harvey Weinstein, who aren't really politicians. That's not to say these people shouldn't be known, but the title "US politicians charged or convicted with sex crimes against minors" is misleading. |
Topic | How does a show like The Walking Dead end? |
Proto_Spark 07/04/20 11:42:25 AM #22 | Hayame Zero posted... The most recent season is apparently the best one since season 3. I've heard that from every person who still watches it, and they all agree it was kind of "bleh" for a few seasons before that. IMO its been pretty good since they |
Topic | FUCK Donald Trump. what has he done for us, the american people? |
Proto_Spark 07/04/20 11:30:51 AM #57 | MasterVading posted... https://thefederalist.com/2020/07/02/schiff-learned-of-russian-bounty-intelligence-in-february-withheld-information-from-congress-and-took-no-action/ What is even the argument here? ignoring that its blatant right-wing propaganda and probably complete bull**** (not to mention there's actual bull**** in there) its just saying that this one Democratic member of government should have the same power that the president has? or that the president not doing anything about it is perfectly fine since this dude from commie-fornia should have used his overarching power to deal with it already? Some hardcore whataboutisms here. |
Topic | Lindsay Ellis has delle nice titties |
Proto_Spark 07/04/20 11:24:02 AM #18 | Simon_Petrikov posted... I need to watch more of her post-NC content... Most of her stuff is pretty good tbh. It can be real long (she made a video of why the Hobbit failed equivalent to a full-length documentary) but they are usually really good. |
Topic | Coronavirus brings America's decline into a 3rd world country out in the open |
Proto_Spark 07/04/20 11:22:21 AM #7 | ExtremeLuchador posted... My grandparents grew up in shacks with no shoes in the 1920s and 1930s. There are people in America who are still living like this since the US has no protections for poor people. Poverty in poor areas of states like Alabama are comparable to 3rd world countries https://www.newsweek.com/alabama-un-poverty-environmental-racism-743601 |
Topic | Who would be the liberal version of Ben Shapiro? |
Proto_Spark 07/04/20 11:19:02 AM #20 | Doom_Art posted... Someone annoying with an inflated view of themselves who thinks they're smarter than they actually are Ben Shapiro had a "debate" with Cenk Uyger from the Young Turks (he like runs it or something IIRC?) a few years ago and basically embarrassed him to levels like Ben's BBC interview. I'd say Cenk Uyger is definitely also a blowhard who has no capability to actually defend his arguments. |
Topic | Looking at Disney+ to see where The Simpsons lost me |
Proto_Spark 07/04/20 11:16:01 AM #4 | Season 15 is very much in "new Simpsons" territory. It's not exactly bad, but its the new type of episode where they stopped bothering trying to pull a "we're a satire of 90s TV sitcoms" because that just doesn't work in 2004. IMO the worst seasons are seasons 18-20 wish while they're doing work on the movie. You can tell in a lot of the episodes there's just not a lot of substance there. |
Topic | How does a show like The Walking Dead end? |
Proto_Spark 07/04/20 11:13:27 AM #15 | Strider102 posted... If it ever ends, the ending will consist of Daryl, with his crossbow, walking through a field. Haven't they already done the "we ARE the Walking Dead!" ending? like four times? Anyway, if we go by the comics, there are only like, 2 seasons left. The next few seasons will be pretty fun though, I'm looking forward to seeing I doubt it will end after the comics though, since its still a pretty big show. I'm expecting them to just make stuff up after they run out of comic material (maybe they can start stealing stuff from the Telltale game or something idk) |
Topic | How did Zoom get so popular, when Skype was around for decades? |
Proto_Spark 07/03/20 6:11:55 PM #4 | ultimate reaver posted... ive never heard of zoom either but skype is a horrificly slow resource hogger with an insanely ugly early 2000s interface This. Zoom is also mostly designed for things like business meetings, which were really what caused the big boom to begin with. Zoom is also just way easier to use IMO. |
Topic | POLL: Digital-only PS5 vs Standard (optical drive) PS5 |
Proto_Spark 07/03/20 6:09:54 PM #14 | When I got my Xbox I was disappointed that physical games were basically just licenses to download the game anyway, so most of my games this gen have been digital anyway. But I don't have a blu-ray player otherwise, and I use it more than I was expecting to. Really it depends how much cheaper the disc-free version is. If its like 20$ cheaper than I don't think its worth losing the disc drive but like 100$ cheaper? yeah I'll go digital only, since I basically am already doing that with my Xbone. |
Topic | Hillary Clinton claims she would beat Trump if she was running today |
Proto_Spark 07/03/20 5:36:22 PM #45 | Master_Bass posted... I think she probably would win this time, but who cares? She screwed up against Trump, of all people, in 2016 so she doesn't get another shot. This. Honestly should've been a total blowout and Clinton dropped the ball hard. |
Topic | Georgia Man who had the World's LARGEST CHILD PORN is RELEASED after 7 YEARS!! |
Proto_Spark 07/02/20 10:12:02 PM #7 | I thought largest meant like literally largest, like he had a picture the size of his living room wall. But seriously, RE_expert44 posted... 7 years from a 1000 year sentence? What. Someone either royally screwed up this case or he has some very powerful friends if the DA couldn't even keep him in prison. |
Topic | [Breaking] WWE acquires EVOLVE Wrestling |
Proto_Spark 07/02/20 10:09:12 PM #12 | Bad_Mojo posted... It's been a deal for a bit now, it's just now became an actual thing. Now they need to get ROH since that's dying. They need the tape libraries, lol ROH isn't going anywhere, despite the drop off in popularity, last year was one of its best (business wise at least). Besides, if ROH goes under someone else will have to take Bully Ray. |
Topic | Which civ/leader should I play next in Civ VI? |
Proto_Spark 07/02/20 9:41:39 PM #5 | Jeff AKA Snoopy posted... Canada |
Topic | NBA 2K21 will be $70 on next gen consoles, other games could follow suit |
Proto_Spark 07/02/20 11:27:55 AM #7 | here in Canada most AAA level games are already 80$ a piece, with tax that brings it up to like 90. I'm not willing to spend 100$ for one game. |
Topic | John Carpenter films, by tier. |
Proto_Spark 06/30/20 2:27:50 PM #4 | UnholyMudcrab posted... You're, uh, missing a few there Ghosts of Mars is also way too high up |
Topic | Tommy Laura SHOOTS HARD on masks |
Proto_Spark 06/30/20 1:09:06 PM #10 | Has she never heard of things that aren't binary before? Does she know there are numbers between 0 and 100? |
Topic | Who is buying all these funko pops?! |
Proto_Spark 06/30/20 10:31:56 AM #24 | Jabodie posted... Probably like any collectible. One figure gets weirdly low production and collectors want it, or the character is just popular. There are a lot that are very intentionally given low production, like exclusives for a comic-con specifically in order to try and get people more interested in it. Not to mention ones that are Target exclusive, Hot topic exclusive, etc... |
Topic | Who is buying all these funko pops?! |
Proto_Spark 06/30/20 10:29:39 AM #19 | Someone needs to check out r/funkopops. It can be a real problem. I've got like 15, but its a decent enough thing for "I need to get a birthday/xmas present but I don't want to go to too much trouble". Personally I've got like 15 but about 1/2 were some combination of gift/someone I know getting rid of them |
Topic | Reddit banned The_Donald |
Proto_Spark 06/29/20 8:31:45 PM #140 | Wetterdew posted... Their replacement website has been active for a few months now, ever since Reddit smothered the_donald. They keep their member count hidden (obviously don't want people to see how much smaller the new community is than the old one) and the posts get several thousand upvotes on average instead of 10K to 20K. So it's clearly much smaller than the_donald used to be. If Reddit had the stones to actually ban TD they would have like 4 years ago after the first hundred times they did something bannable. But the really slow burn smothering that Reddit did was probably the thing that finally killed it, banning it outright would have gotten 40 clone subs like when they banned fatpeopolehate. |
Topic | Are the 8 Harry Potter movies a good watch? Just binged all 9 Furious movies. |
Proto_Spark 06/28/20 8:37:13 PM #7 | I enjoyed the movies. The first couple are really enjoyable, but as the movies get darker in tone they kinda lost their enjoyment IMO. You'll definitely still be able to enjoy the later ones, but the first ones are the best IMO. |
Topic | are y'all ready for a $599 price tag for PS5? |
Proto_Spark 06/28/20 7:48:35 PM #15 | KnightofShikari posted... $598.99 I think each company is waiting for the other to pitch a price so they can undercut it a bit. Probably not much, but the Series X being 50-100 bucks cheaper would probably change a lot of people's minds on which console to buy. |
Topic | Is Biden substantially less corrupt than Trump? |
Proto_Spark 06/28/20 12:00:22 AM #2 | Obviously, I don't think you can get more corrupt than Trump. |
Topic | Pokemon MOBA is coming. IDK I'm gonna play the ****out of it. |
Proto_Spark 06/27/20 11:35:18 PM #3 | "Free-to-start" sounds like its just lingo for "definitely predatory" |
Topic | The TV I bought 40 days ago is dead. JVC 43' 4k UHD hunk of junk |
Proto_Spark 06/27/20 12:33:11 AM #19 | DespondentDeity posted... Yeah I get that, I'm honestly still watching out for a deal on something good, but I can't bring myself to replace a TV that still works just because bigger ones are cheaper than ever. Honestly, Wal-Mart products tend to be much worse than their counterparts. There are stories of Walmart making manufacturers ship them crappier products so they can cut costs and sell them cheaper. Cheap TV from Best Buy > Cheap TV from Wal Mart |
Topic | Margot Robbie will replace Johnny Depp in next Pirates movie |
Proto_Spark 06/27/20 12:28:26 AM #63 | She should literally just play Jack Sparrow and see if anyone cares. |
Topic | All Jedi Masters are now canceled. |
Proto_Spark 06/27/20 12:26:32 AM #9 | YellowSUV posted... Shev Palpatine once called Yoda "Master Yoda." He is canceled. Palpatine once took advantage of a young girl in order to assume dictatorial control of the Senate. he's basically hitler. |
Topic | is it racist that I have a master's degree? |
Proto_Spark 06/27/20 12:25:37 AM #3 | Only if you have a masters in racism |
Topic | I was warned and I didn't notice because I was offline a few days lmao |
Proto_Spark 06/27/20 12:25:11 AM #3 | It seems like so many people are getting warned or suspended. What are you guys doing to get modded so much? I don't think I've ever gotten a moderation |
Topic | Just bought a GMO-Free Monitor |
Proto_Spark 06/26/20 11:58:05 PM #4 | Does it just tell you literally everything is a GMO, since our definition of "GMO" and "organic" are completely arbitrary and everything is a GMO? |
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