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I'm awkward and I have very limited time so I don't make it out to events where I could socialize. I briefly chatted with someone at concert while we were in line for the merch table, but that was it.

Almost all of my friends were people I either met at school or work or were introduced to through other friends. I have like one friend I made all by myself outside of work or school.

-Taylor Swift didn't become decent until folklore.
-90s American twee> 80s UK twee
-Triarchy of Lost Lovers>Non Serviam
-Rotting Christ have some decent output outside of traditional black metal
-The best blues music is the super old stuff with poor production values
-Mitski's "Nobody" is one of those singles that gets exceptionally popular, and while being a good/decent song, comes from an album with many far better songs
-"Dog Days are Over" from Florence in the Machine is in a similar scenario to the above example
-Melanie Martinez's pre-Portals was traditional pop music that happened to be wearing an outfit from Hot Topic
-Enslaved's blackened prog> Frost and Eld

I only used InstaCart a couple times. You gotta make sure to specify no substitutions to avoid incidents like that.

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omniryu posted...

So here's my question to you guys. What do you think is going to happen when X men (in full) will appear in the MCU? Because if discrimination happens and we get a January 6 like event in the MCU discrimination... wouldn't they just say, "Oh! X-men had gone WOKE!!"

Disney is too cowardly to seriously handle a topic like discrimination in the MCU for fear of being called woke, even though X-Men stories have been dealing with the subject for decades across all forms of media. The desire for the franchise to only be the most basic of action blockbusters, combined with the failure of the inoffensive but boring "The Marvels" and Iger seeming to side with or at least believe the vocal minority complaining about diversity.

Disney is lazy and expects the fans to be dedicated and unwavering based on the behavior of the core Disney brand adults. I'd call them cheap, but the shows had stupid high budgets and it's amazing how the shows were so mediocre (at least the Marvel ones).

They probably use prison labor.
And those prisoners should recreate their worst crimes on all those who voted for this bill and those who enforce it.

That's your taste and that's fine.

Ari Aster's Hereditary and Midsommar are both mediocre films carried by thematic shock value and stylistic details. Neither film explores the themes present (generational trauma and toxic codependency) especially well. The stylistic details aren't bad, but are a bit derivative because they don't express anything that isn't already obvious in the film's text. Neither film is bad, but their high praise only exists because the horror genre is mostly known for films of a general low quality.

While it's true some mutants can be incredibly dangerous, Hank Pym made Ultron. No one is out there trying to Pol Pot scientists from existing because of Hank Pym or any of the evil scientists in Marvel.

Out of curiosity, do you live in the Midwest?

KogaSteelfang posted...

Plus, in the Marvel Earth people get crazy powers all the time and are celebrated for it. Fantastic 4 went to space and came back able to knock over buildings, burn their surroundings, infiltrate places undetected, and stretch(ok, so that one's not terribly threatening on the surface level). They're considered heroes. Spider-Man get bit by a spider, and became super powerful. He's a hero, and people look down on JJJ for treating him differently.

But if for example you're just a random person who inherited a specific gene, or otherwise known as being born different, then you're hated. Their whole world looks down on them and treats them poorly just for how they were born. Sure, one night be to blow you up with a glance, but so could Johnny Storm.

Tbf, Spidey had to deal with a lot of bad reputation in his comics at times. The difference is all that negativity was solely directed towards Spider-Man and came from Spider-Man's blunders or mishaps rather than him simply existing.

Anyway, this thread is proving Magneto was right.

Yeah, some X-Men are crazy powerful. Being the X-Men, they learn to control their powers and not terrorize people for the hell of it.
I'm not super-versed on Marvel, but I don't know if there's a group as unjustly and constantly hated as mutants. I say unjustly because we're talking penny dreadful-quality writing where an entire alien race might just be evil because "aliens."

Someone walks by you and says this. Their face is covered and while you can get a pic if you so choose and describe their clothes, the individual, probably a man, looks incredibly bland and generic.
A couple weeks later, there's a BRIC conference, and Xi Jinping is assassinated.

Do you believe the person assassinated Xi Jinping? If you do, do you contact any authorities? Did you contact any authorities before?

I'm up so that I can get ready for work.

WingsOfGood posted...

quietness always wins out
no one to force on you what you are allowed to hear
true freedom is found there
go to bed how and when you want, wake up how and when you want, etc

There's nothing to stop anyone from doing any of those wherever they live. Everyone I know who lives in the city sleeps fine. I mean maybe if they adjacent to a busy place like a club, but then you can live outside of the city and live next to train tracks.

I'v lived in a suburb my whole life and it's boring. Admittedly, I don't drive, so the fact I can use better public transit in the city is the key factor. There's nothing to do in the suburbs, whereas I could easily find things to do in the city, and even optimize my time better because of the public transportation.

I haven't taken rejection poorly in a long time, but I also haven't asked anyone out in a long time, and for a longer time, assumed that I would be rejected even before hand.

s0nicfan posted...

This. If a fanfiction site went down people wouldn't be saying that millions of works of literature have now become lost media.

There's a section of the literary community that has different view when it comes to fanfiction and are actually pushing for more recognition of fan works. I don't delve into fandoms like that, but inevitably there are some great fanfics by sheer number.
And before we get derivative, there are numerous acclaimed fan works in existence. All this was me nitpicking about the present times and mindsets.

Sin City
Snowpiercer
Old Boy

I never read Old Boy's comic, but tbf, I haven't read the source material for most comic book movies.

VeggetaX posted...

I just got done watching this movie a few hours ago. Here is my 2 cents:

I saw that it was labeled as a Black Comedy so right away I was expecting heavy absurdity, shocking and fucked up scenes to be humorous, and they did all this. The acting were certainly good from everyone but the characters were not very likeable nor relatable so finding some kinda connection to this movie wasn't there.

The movie wasn't my cup of tea either but what I disliked most about the movie is Bella is a Mary Sue. She's everything in the movie except wrong or defeated. She's trapped, she's the prisoner, she's the victim and yet she's the hero liberator as she is an innocent and pure soul and all of her actions are justified because she has a child's mind. She barely know consequences and she faces none from her choices whether good or bad which I think is a bad narrative. In the end it just feels like she took everything that was kind to her for granted and yet she still got a happy ending. The title of the movie suggests we should feel sorry for her but it didn't do nothing for me.

She faces consequences. Bella exists in a constant state of learning, when she enters a new, negative experience, she is facing consequences even if her personality doesn't linger on them. It's a story of growth and boundaries. The people who let Bella explore and engage with the world as they please go on their way. The only people who truly negatively suffer from Bella's actions are the people who were being controlling.

Honestly, when I saw the original Ghostbusters around age 22 last decade, I didn't like it. I have no interest for a sequel.

No remorse about her going away to jail forever.

ForsakenHermit posted...

Technically but I have no memories of them. I was born in 1987.

Idk what time of year you were born, but you don't have any memories at all from until you were three or four? Or, did you just mean you don't have any memories of 80s culture because you were so long?

Was Phil Anselmo being candidly racist?

Outside I try and avoid killing bugs, but inside I view them as pests. I let spiders (arachnids) slide because they eat the other bugs and generally keep to themselves (unlike centipedes).

Those cookie candies that were shaped like peanuts and filled with peanut butter.
Cartoon Network airing old cartoons from the 1970s at night that were not part of Adult Swim.

I really hate when people doing the right thing get assassinated.

Pacific Rim

Me: Feral and stray cats are a problem because of their ecological impact
This board: VeesMcGees should be thrown into the depths of hell.

Animals going extinct but no one talking about cat impact: we need to protect the planet!

BearlyWilling posted...

Probably because legitimate criticism is few and far between. You cannot objectively state that she is bland, generic, and overrated considering the insane and widespread critical and commercial success she has had.
Most of her music is based on her own life experiences though. Its not like she set out to write songs or curate stuff specifically to appeal to women who were dumped. Men can resonate with her music just as much tbh.

Most of the MCU received some critical acclaim and certainly commercial acclaim, but that's what easily thought of when "bland, generic, and overrated" are thought of with films. I don't see why it wouldn't apply to pop music. Her eras usually seem to follow up on a style someone else beat her to the punch of, but Jack Antonoff writes better for Swift than he does other artists.

2008, probably from the local grocery chain.

BlueberryWaffle posted...

There is no way the marvels was better than Doctor Strange or Thor.

Thor: the Dark World's only purpose is exposition for the Infinity Saga. Doctor Strange 1 is a soulless retread of Iron-Man except it replaces tech with magic. As muted as it was, The Marvels at least had some sense of identity.
UnsteadyOwl posted...

I thought it wasn't bad. Ms. Marvel is definitely the highlight. It's not one best MCU films by a longshot but I liked it better than Ant-Man 3.

I didn't mind Ant-Man 3.

MabusIncarnate posted...

I thought it was one of the best recent MCU movies personally. Iman Vellani is a treasure and I can't not get behind her character.

She was the best part of a bad movie, sure. It's a shame, because I thought Ms. Marvel was one of the better D+ MCU shows.

The movie was boring. None of the emotional scenes hit. The action scenes were dull. There wasn't much life to this movie aside from a few of the social scenes with the leads. I wasn't putting this film on some high pedestal- I was just hoping to be entertained, which is something that I've gotten from most of the MCU films at least once. I had figured all the people who complained about this movie were just misogynists (and maybe some of them are). Nope, The Marvels wasn't entertaining.
I guess I'd still put it above my bottom picks Doctor Strange and Thor: the Dark World, but I don't know if I'd go any higher.
Also, end credit animation was the most boring I've seen in a while.

FolkenRawr posted...

Coffee and cigarettes

Do you live in a Nordic country?

A lot of the music I like that was released during my lifetime feels dated to specific eras. Subsequently, listening to that music makes me feel like someone stuck in the past. At the same time, when I listen to some current music, I feel like an old weirdo trying to be hip.

Examples of bands/artists that make me feel old:
AJJ
Metric
The Long Blondes

Examples of bands/artists that me realize how old I am and worry that I'm trying to be hip
Destroy Boys
Beach Bunny
Mitski

The one exception are metal bands, because I feel that fans of the genre don't have any particular care and think that a good metal album from any year is relevant and worth listening to.

Does anyone else get stressed out like this, or do you simply not care?

boomgetchopped3 posted...

Nothing fancy but here ya go:
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Awesome! Thank you. I'll definitely try this the next time I get yogurt.

boomgetchopped3 posted...

Homemade waffles. I like adding yogurt to the mix. And oven cooked bacon crispy.

Lemme get this waffle recipe with yogurt.
a-c-a-b posted...

I pan fried up a burger patty and put it in between a grilled cheese sandwich.

I've done that a few times recently after hearing someone talk about it and wanting to try it myself. It's pretty good.

I think this may a melt at this point.

Hell yeah to the tea peeps.

Bishop_Hastur posted...

Having cereal right now. Specifically Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

Top-tier cereal
TomClark posted...

Chicken Rogan Josh

First time I've heard of this dish. I was surprised it's Indian, because I think Joe with Rogan and Josh is a common man's name in the English language.

UnsteadyOwl posted...

Except helping our own citizens isn't a right-wing position. The right-wing position is our citizens are supposed to pull themselves up by their bootstraps instead of expecting a handout from the government.

Valid. The right loves to say "why is the USA helping people abroad when we aren't helping the people at home, especially our veterans!" The right doesn't seem to ever act on helping the American people as a whole however. The right talks the talk, but never walks the walk with that one.

Wave is my vote for #1.

As a metal fan, I do have some respect for V-Rock though.

I had a leftover cheesy garlic biscuit from last night, a cheese omelette, and two cups of tea.

I didn't Irish when I saw those words.
I thought of people doing what's necessary (violence and destruction of property) and having a good time (drinking). I was expecting some drunk revolutionaries.

I enjoyed the speakings (idk the correct term and if the term varies by type of church) at some of the funerary or remembrance gatherings I've attended. I never attended a church without such a scenario in place, so I can't speak for what might be "normal" services.

I think the USA should always prioritize helping its own citizens over aid to other nations, barring the exception of aid after a natural disaster.
Exempt cell phone service from the entertainment tax or at least create a new tax at a lower rate for cell phone service. Cell phone usage is critical to many people for non-entertainment purposes.

Many countries offer aid after natural disasters, and it would simply be a bad look for the USA not to offer aid in that regard.

Am I of poor moral views if I'd be against the death penalty but allow for a punishment that allowed the criminal to choose suicide at any point during their life imprisonment? I'm neutral on the death penalty for crimes of murder, though I don't support the death penalty for every murderer, and so long as the death penalty exists I would also support the death penalty as punishment for severe cases of reckless homicide and manslaughter.

I think they're goofy and probably paranoid.