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TopicHave you moved due to your state's/city's/county's reaction to Covid?
MagnusX
02/16/21 1:07:19 PM
#12
Live on a sparsely populated island in Canada where masks have been mandated since August and most people are listening. We've had less than a thousand cases total, including an ongoing outbreak.

So happy the randomness of birth placed me here and not the US. Your country is fucking insane.
TopicMayonnaise is the worst.
MagnusX
02/15/21 3:22:14 PM
#8
Heartomaton posted...
You're thinking of mustard.
While often quite good as well, nope. I do really like mayo and mustard together as well.
TopicMayonnaise is the worst.
MagnusX
02/15/21 3:19:15 PM
#3
Single best condiment, easy.
TopicHave you seen Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World?
MagnusX
02/15/21 10:02:36 AM
#9
I saw it not long after it released and found it incredibly boring. Might enjoy it more now though.
TopicMarvel Cinematic Universe television shows
MagnusX
02/15/21 9:23:52 AM
#14
Tenlaar posted...
Why would the shows being referenced in the movies make them same universe but not the movies being references in the shows? And by "except one character in Endgame" do you mean the part where the movie directly shows the Agent Carter stuff?
Alrighty. So, when the MCU became the MCU after a couple movies, Feige and co did not have ownership of all Marvel stuff. Marvel Television was a seperate entity from Marvel Studios. MT created AoS and AC on network TV as part of the MCU because they could, and they are technically MCU. Same thing for Netflix, who partnered with MT.

However, you really have to look at the big picture here. AoS and AC never really deal with anything in the movies, and there is only one scene in one movie that references a show. Aside from a newspaper clipping in the background of one early episode, nothing in the Netflix shows reference the movies, and the movies do not reference those shows at all. And the reason for that is because

RebelElite791 posted...
Word of god has said they arent canon

Kevin Feige is the primary creator and producer of the MCU and he has been fairly open about his disdain for those shows and not counting any of them as canon. MT finally folded in December 2019, putting control of Marvel shows back to MS and under Feige through Disney+. Hence WandaVision, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, etc.

At least for me, part of the appeal of the MCU is how insanely interconnected absolutely everything is. Why would you want to watch literally hundreds of episodes that are only loosely connected at best and outright ignored 99.9% of the time?

Like, watch whatever you wanna watch of course, but don't expect to gain any knowledge of the shared universe. If your goal is to be in the MCU world, stick to the movies and Disney+ shows going foward.

Though again, the multiverse stuff unfolding in WandaVision could change all that by officially recognizing them as alternative universes splintered off the MCU.
TopicMarvel Cinematic Universe television shows
MagnusX
02/15/21 6:18:03 AM
#3
None of the Netflix shows are really MCU as of now unless WandaVision's creation of the multiverse pulls them in.

Agents of Shield and Agent Carter are barely MCU and aren't referenced in the movies except one character in Endgame.

IMO, only the stuff Feige counts is full canon MCU, so the movies and the Disney+ shows.
TopicDo you like red or white wine more? And, which kind specifically?
MagnusX
02/13/21 10:08:57 PM
#7
Generally enjoy red more; a Cotes du Rhone/GSM or Chianti/Sangiovese tend to be my favourites. If I'm having a steak, maybe an American Cab or Australian Shiraz. I do enjoy a New Zealand Sauv Blanc as well.
TopicMarvel Prediction - so are Wanda and Spoilers going to be the same person?
MagnusX
02/13/21 9:37:53 AM
#5
Naw, Wanda is gonna go full House of M and become Scarlet Witch. I'm guessing Fassbender will be pulled in as his Magneto to guide her into evil.

Though similar, she won't be Jean Grey/Phoenix. That X-Men story will be told later, as this show is how the MCU gets mutants.

pogo_rabid posted...
Real talk- people actually care about the MCU after endgame and invest their time into the new properties? I'm flabbergasted tbqh
*jerk off motion*
TopicWhy would cats attack owners
MagnusX
02/08/21 8:16:14 PM
#23
Hexenherz posted...
There are a few possible reasons.

Usually it's because the person didn't raise the cat right and encouraged the cat to develop aggressive behaviors that they take out on people. Like kittens have a lot of energy and need to play a lot and they like to go after hands and feet and stuff. If you don't take steps to redirect that energy towards appropriate toys, they will grow up thinking it's fine to attack your hands and feet.

In other cases it's because the person isn't respecting the cat's personal space and isn't understanding the cat's body language at the time. Cats are very emotive and expressive animals and make it *really* clear when they are stressed out or do not want to be petted at a given time.

Sometimes it's because the owner is an abusive asshole and the cat reacts in kind.

In a very few rare cases it's because the cat legitimately has a psychological disorder.
^
TopicCan vocals be considered an instrument in a song with nonsensical lyrics?
MagnusX
02/08/21 2:56:31 PM
#34
averagejoel posted...
"instrument" in the sense he's using refers to something external from the body. the voice, being internal, does not fit that definition
And I'm expecting a source that backs up the claim that an instrument has to be external from the body, a claim that is contradictory to most of musical history.
TopicCan vocals be considered an instrument in a song with nonsensical lyrics?
MagnusX
02/08/21 2:24:24 PM
#32
InYourWalls1 posted...
I think you're reading too far into his claim

He just means the voice is distinct in that it's not a manufactured tool like other musical instruments

He's not talking about how it functions in music
He said the definition of an instrument excludes the voice in a topic asking if the voice is an instrument even with nonsensical lyrics. His claim is simply false.
TopicCan vocals be considered an instrument in a song with nonsensical lyrics?
MagnusX
02/08/21 2:10:41 PM
#25
Bananana posted...
dawg its literally the definition of the word
Please provide a sourced definition of a musical instrument that innately excludes the human voice, because:

"1: a device used to produce music
also : a singing voice"
(https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/instrument)

https://www.quora.com/Is-the-voice-an-instrument

https://www.learntoplaymusic.com/blog/why-the-human-voice-can-be-considered-the-ultimate-melodic-instrument/

Do you consider acapella or unaccompanied choirs not music?
TopicCan vocals be considered an instrument in a song with nonsensical lyrics?
MagnusX
02/08/21 1:16:45 PM
#19
Bananana posted...
the voice is literally not an instrument ever
Fucking lol. You literally couldn't be any more wrong.

Naysaspace posted...
they're crucial to the sound of a song
That is absolutely a personal opinion. Many of my favourite tracks are fully instrumental.
TopicCan vocals be considered an instrument in a song with nonsensical lyrics?
MagnusX
02/08/21 9:57:56 AM
#8
The voice is an instrument, period.
TopicWhy are things like declawing cats and debarking dogs allowed in the US?
MagnusX
02/06/21 8:05:13 AM
#4
Doe posted...
because everything in the US is capital and irreversible operations are commodified

TopicYour favorite Police song?
MagnusX
02/05/21 11:55:54 PM
#2
Always hard to name one, but gotta be King of Pain. Back in 2008 my girlfriend won a local contest for a trip to Boston to see The Police on the Reunion Tour, which was the fifth last show they've performed to date, and a Red Sox game. It was our first big trip together and is def part of the reason we travel for concerts.

Though I didn't especially know it before, when I hear King of Pain I can feel the air from the show - outside in an amphitheatre - the concrete under my feet, the metal bar in front of our seats, the people dancing around us... powerful memory. So yeah, that.

Syncronicity II and Walking on the Moon are also dope.
TopicHave you read anything in the Bible recently?
MagnusX
02/04/21 8:06:57 PM
#23
Never have, never will.
TopicWhy aren't any of the people arrested for the Jan 6th coup being charged with
MagnusX
02/02/21 5:17:09 PM
#20
LegalEagle told me that they've only been charged with leser crimes to get them into the system. They can be charged with bigger crimes later once the prosecution has built up enough evidence.

Edit with the video - https://youtu.be/Ct3XOs7nQ38
TopicIts crazy to me how so few people on here have a desire to raise a family
MagnusX
01/31/21 4:59:49 PM
#13
We have been engaged for a bunch of years and haven't gotten married because we keep travelling every summer. We also own two vehicles and make more than the median household income for our province. Our only debt is 2/3 of a mortgage. We could definitely afford kids, but the things we do to enjoy life couldn't.

I don't care about family lines or having offspring carry my DNA. I want to enjoy our very brief time on this planet to the maximum and devoting everything to kids is almost the polar opposite of a fulfilling life to me.
TopicIf all drugs were legal, would you do any drug you don't currently use?
MagnusX
01/31/21 3:04:28 PM
#18
Cannabis is federally legal here in Canada, but I've smoked it for a couple years prior.

I would probably set up a quarterly mushroom sesh with some friends, and try LSD. I could see myself having it two times a year.

saspa posted...
Life's moments are too precious to be shit-faced through it imo
In your opinion, having never actually experienced it. I absolutely understand not wanting to alter your brain chemistry - which you do with sugar or caffeine - but unless you've done it, you truly cannot understand it.

I've done a bunch of cool shit in my life, and cannabis consumption has never made me forget any of it. I think it's made some moments noticeably more memorable for me. Plus, I tend to pay much more attention to the small things (leaves on trees, stillness in a trail, shadows from stuff, etc).

ie you just don't get it, maaaaaaaan

Edit: drank a whole bunch from 19-25. Basically stopped when I started cannabis. Alcohol was fun to party but way too numbing for me. Cannabis was like the opposite in that it accented stimuli instead of dulling it.
TopicDo you feel like freedom of speech isn't a thing anymore?
MagnusX
01/26/21 6:42:00 AM
#10
Unless the government is preventing you from saying something or locking you up for saying it, freedom of speech is exactly the same as it was 30 years ago.

Americans really don't understand most of their own laws, do they?
TopicAre there people who never have good ideas who still remain employed?
MagnusX
01/24/21 2:33:09 PM
#8
I absolutely do not think this was a genuine question because of fucking course, but one of the prime recent examples is Trump. Incredibly stupid and yet fell upwards his whole life because of priveledge.
TopicOh shit, it might be happening. Gina Carano removed from official Mando artwork
MagnusX
01/23/21 9:47:10 AM
#23
InhumaneRaider posted...
Ahsoka was only in one episode and she was bigger than Greef Karga in terms of fanbase, so it's odd they got rid of her.
Except that whole episode was basically a backdoor pilot for the likely Ahsoka show.
TopicYou're at the milk section
MagnusX
01/23/21 9:45:16 AM
#10
Silk unsweetened cashew for surgary cereals, Silk unsweetened oat for museli cereals and omelettes.
TopicA former co-worker is championing Trump's Patriot Party >__>
MagnusX
01/22/21 11:58:06 PM
#8
TerraSeeker posted...
No, it's known that the left has been deeply indoctrinated through school, media, and other institutions. That's why when the media makes unfounded claims like Trump is racist, the left has no choice but to believe without a rational thought.
Fucking lol
TopicSparkling water.... do you like it?
MagnusX
01/22/21 5:48:53 PM
#16
ZannoL posted...
Really?
Never had one I liked even a little and I don't get the appeal at all. The SodaStream fad boggled my mind for similar reasons.
TopicSparkling water.... do you like it?
MagnusX
01/22/21 5:03:45 PM
#5
Fucking disgusting.
TopicAre you ever filled with inconsolable, existential rage that everyone else is
MagnusX
01/22/21 11:03:57 AM
#7
When I was 17-18, sure. Then I grew up and decided to live life and have fun my way.

Might help if your "friend" didn't have such horrid worldviews. Garbage out garbage in, as it were.
TopicVfx artists and stuntmen react are awesome series
MagnusX
01/20/21 6:16:01 PM
#2
Love Corridor Crew and the guests they have on.
TopicLoser Donald Trump can kiss my black ass
MagnusX
01/20/21 11:29:18 AM
#6
EricDraven59 posted...


Seethe harder.
Must be an absolute garbage human if you don't care if you're xenophobic, homophobic, Islamophobic, sexist, mysogonist, bigoted, fascist, and just plain fucking stupid.

Kinda person who supports big old loser Donald Trump. Who lost as an incumbent and incited domestic terrorism.

Edit: biggest fucking lol to think Superman would be a cultist
TopicSeriously, those who are Democrats. Why are you involved in the party?
MagnusX
01/20/21 9:15:47 AM
#38
The Trent posted...
hahahahahahah good start
Yeah, it's pretty pathetic that foreigners know more about the US than its own citizens, eh? The US education system has been gutted by those same Republicans for decades and ignorant people like TC are the result.
TopicSeriously, those who are Democrats. Why are you involved in the party?
MagnusX
01/20/21 9:14:17 AM
#34
Iwin2013 posted...
But I remember the one side being convinced that Russia colluded in the election to give Trump a W.
Then you should also remember that all of the intelligence agencies and bi-partisan Senate reports also agreed that Russia used social media to influence the election.
TopicSeriously, those who are Democrats. Why are you involved in the party?
MagnusX
01/20/21 7:22:27 AM
#2
Canadian here.

Sure, the Democratic party is corrupt but it's not nearly as corrupt as the Republican party. Not by a long fucking shot. Get outta here with this both sides idiocy.
TopicCE cat owners..... do your cats scratch you?
MagnusX
01/19/21 7:24:35 PM
#36
Lived with cats my whole life and absolutely feel a connection to them, and they tend to warm up to me quickly.

The two cats we adopted once we bought our house - a calico kitten and then a six year old tabby a month later - have lightly to moderately scratched me probably about five to eight times combined in the eight years. But like I said, I feel like I know when to not consume their personal space. We can cut their claws easily and groom them easily (love the Furminator). The fourteen year old tabby sleeps between our pillows and the eight year old calico loves to sleep under a blanket on your legs or next to them. She also loves to curl up around my partner's neck while she walks around the house, and often licks as a form of affection.

My suggestions to reduce the likelihood of getting scratched are:

Most importantly, treat them as a living being deserving of your love. You are the sole provider for that life and though some mornings you just don't want to get up to feed them or to have to scoop the litter or bring them to the vet for a checkup, but that's the price you should expect to pay to literally own another life. They will treat you with love if you do the same.

Let them smell your hand and rub their face on it first. After a couple of those, they'll be more okay with head rubs and then back rubs. Eventually you'll be able to rub just above their tails. Some cats don't like this a lot, but some fucking love getting scratches there. And most of the cats in my life eventually love stomach rubs.

Occasionally lightly touch the back of their paws and get them used to you gently holding their paws as early as possible. It makes clipping claws waaaay easier. Plus, their pads have a lot of sensory info, and it's nice when you can rub their paw beans and they know you won't hurt them.

Don't play rough with your cats directly with your hands - use a string or laser or whatever. Your cats should only associate your hands with pets and food, not claws and teeth.

Give them catnip. It stimulates them and it's pretty damn fun.

Let them sleep on or in your bed. Like all animals, you bond significantly when you sleep together.

Yeah.
TopiciPhones >>> ALL android phones..... why? Because of iMessage
MagnusX
01/18/21 7:07:31 PM
#13
Couldn't give less of a fuck about iMessage as it has zero functionality that I want and don't already have, or whatever Android app is trending. Never used WhatsApp in the decade of having Android.
TopicHow many people have you deleted, blocked from social media since Trump?
MagnusX
01/17/21 11:49:11 PM
#27
None but:

A) I'm Canadian
B) the few people I figure who could be pro-Trump deleted me after four years of posting how incompetent and horrible he is while calling them out on any misinformation they'd post
TopicVaccines will be available to general Canadian population in August
MagnusX
01/17/21 11:39:55 PM
#5
I mean, it's a giant step closer, sure, but we're still at least a year away from not requiring masks and whatnot, even if it all goes well.
TopicWhat if we're all wrong about this so called election fraud
MagnusX
01/16/21 5:11:27 PM
#4
berlyman101 posted...
well there's no harm in entertaining the notion, I suppose.
Only a bunch of domestic terrorists storming Capitol Hill. Yeah, no biggie.
TopicWhat if we're all wrong about this so called election fraud
MagnusX
01/16/21 5:06:26 PM
#2
Good thing zero evidence has been presented in court or otherwise.
TopicWYR: Earn $0.01 every time you took a step or $1 every time you jump
MagnusX
01/15/21 9:37:38 AM
#5
ScofieldReturns posted...
statistically, you can just jump like 20 times in a row first thing in the morning and make more than you'll ever make walking for the day. you can easily jump like 500 times in a day to make a good living
I average 9-12k steps/day. $90-120 > $20.
TopicCE perineal picture game of Name. That. Movie!!!
MagnusX
01/13/21 9:59:40 AM
#5
2. Porky's
3. There Will Be Blood
6. Billy Madison
7. Eraserhead
8. Crash
9. Clue
10. Full Metal Jacket
TopicYou exclusively use self-checkout when available C/D
MagnusX
01/12/21 11:34:27 AM
#62
Perthboy posted...
It's like going to a restaurant and cooking your own food
For fuck's sake it's absolutely nothing like that dumb analogy.

I go to a restaurant to have someone make me food that I generally wouldn't make myself at home.

I go to a store to purchase things.

The closest you can get with that analogy is if restaurants made you pay with a self checkout after you're done instead of having a server bring a pinpad to your table. Which I really wouldn't care about either.
TopicWhat alignment would Donald Trump be?
MagnusX
01/11/21 7:03:18 PM
#17
Chaotic evil for sure.

Incredibly high luck, incredibly low intelligence stats.
TopicYou exclusively use self-checkout when available C/D
MagnusX
01/11/21 6:32:53 PM
#25
RetsuZaiZen posted...
C. Infinitely faster and unlike most people at self checkout, I know how to read and follow instructions.

TopicJust finished GoT Season 8... (spoilers)
MagnusX
01/11/21 2:34:37 PM
#8
I was saying since season 2 that Dany would break bad in a big way with them dragons. It was fairly obvious, and every season cemented it more. I legit don't see how people were surprised. That said,

CapnMuffin posted...
IMO Jaime should have left to meet with Cersei solely to try and convince her to surrender, and then Daenarys gets betrayed when Cersei finds out about how they plan to stand down when they hear the bells. She decides to use the bells as a trap, simultaneously pulling her brothers in as unwitting co-conspirators. Then kind of escalate it from there. Maybe have Jaime be the one to put her down eventually.

this is def better than the actual ending.
TopicSignal auto-corrects 'flashlight' to 'fleshlight', haha
MagnusX
01/11/21 2:06:36 PM
#7
Afaik, auto-correct is based on your keyboard, not the app you're using atm. Signal has nothing to do with this funny circumstance.
TopicI hate when a coworker texts something at you in group chat...
MagnusX
01/09/21 12:25:39 PM
#6
I never see the day where I'd ever want to be in a group chat with coworkers.
TopicIs there any chance Disney will renew those Netflix Marvel shows like Daredevil?
MagnusX
01/07/21 10:44:26 PM
#17
Tenlaar posted...
What do you mean by that? There is an article shown in Daredevil that specifically says "Battle of NY" with a picture of one of the leviathans, and a picture of The Hulk from his fight in Harlem.
Is that the first episode? That is the only time it's called that, every other time and in every other show they call it "the incident", likely because Feige did not want the exact same language used.

Again, many similarities does not make it MCU and no one has ever officially said so.
TopicTrump never told his followers to storm the capitol building.
MagnusX
01/07/21 10:34:36 PM
#15
specialkid8 posted...
I don't think he expected that to happen
Yes, he is really fucking stupid, but he does view the world as a mob boss who has never had to face consequences in his life, and he knows exactly what he's doing by riling up the morons.
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