@silentsophia said in RL Anger:
Edit: I won't even lie. I'm totally buying a Dory funko this weekend. FEEEESH.
Way better than buying an actual fish, which is what a lot of parents will be doing after the movie comes out, leading to a lot of those fish dying because they're very expensive and difficult to care for in captivity.
@surreality said in Do you believe in paranormal things?:
I think it depends on the thing, though, that someone's lending credence to, because the number of things that can fall under this heading is tremendously broad.
Religion... is a sticky wicket. I am not going to touch that one with a bargepole personally, but that's partly because I have a very dim view of religion on the whole.
Compare that to someone who believes it is possible for unknown animals to exist, for instance. (Yes, I keep going back to that example -- but it's an example with a lot fewer intangibles at work.) Outside of a few sensationalist or urban legend examples (The Beast of Bray Road, The Jersey Devil, etc.) these tend to be things people eventually find (and like the old bestiaries of yore, their weird and/or mysterious elements generally are some unusual natural feature if they had such elements in the accounts of their existence), they're identified as a previously locally unknown invasive species (which is important for people to be aware of as this can be damaging to an ecosystem, see apple snails and snakeheads for examples) or something 'else'. And by something 'else', I mean anything from 'a new species' to 'a hoax' to 'a sloth with mange', not 'a beast with anatomically impossible qualities or magical powers'. While we (general entire human race we) don't find large new animals more than about once a decade these days, we do find small ones, especially in the ocean and areas like the Amazon basin, pretty regularly, from insects to birds to small mammals.
Is a Nessie realistic? Probably not. The general field of study, however, when even a minimal level of common sense is applied, is actually a real thing, and it's one that's providing useful and productive data.
Right. But there is a key thing here and it is: these things are not believed in so much as they are suspected by scientists who go out and either prove or disprove them, but they don't believe them without proof. Those that do are typically labeled quacks for good reason.
As seen on Twitter:
who run the world
GIRLS
who sit on thrones
GIRLS
who make the speeches
GIRLS
how bout the library
NO WOMEN NO CHILDRENWhen I first read your comment something was nagging me about it but I couldn't place it...like I had read something else similar recently.
It finally came to me this morning! It was in Ian Mortimer's excellent The Time Traveller's Guide To Elizabethan England where he was discussing the real life historical period.
In one of the book's chapters Mortimer was going over the respective rights of either gender back then and was rather dryly pointing out that although Elizabeth herself was the absolute monarch of the time, feared and respected throughout the realm - there were several rebellions to challenge her reign of course but they didn't end well for those leading them - women had very few other opportunities to rise to any position at all. They couldn't be magistrates or judges or, of course, priests - hell, even physicians other than nurses. They could be scholars (translators, etc) but that was about it.
So even in real life! ABSOLUTE POWER in the hands of a woman with the literal (and often demonstrated!) power to be rid of officials and members of parliament at will, disgracing or chop-chopping their heads if they nagged her? Sure thing! But A WOMAN as small town mayor? lolno.
Human beings, right?
Kind of like how we live in a world where women can now lead their countries as elected presidents, for example, but there is still a large wage gap between genders in most work sectors? I mean, patriarchy, bro. S'a thing.
@Arkandel said in Random links:
Which brings us to Independence Day: Resurgence-level kind of woes. Wtf cares what's gonna happen to Thor's little brother?
Anyone who's ever read American Gods. 
@Thenomain said in Pokemon Go:
Note to Self: @Coin thinks being right three times is "a lot".
Note to self: @Thenomain was wrong again; it is a day ending in Y.
But she's definitely been made worse. In some of the comics, she has had arcs (here and there; they can be rare) with real, actual depth. Some of the justifications for her Suicide Squad costumes... 'We want to show that she's owning her sexuality.' I mean, OK. I kind of get that? But at the same time... Not many women (if any) are gonna go to the theater and think 'girl power' with those outfits. They're going to sigh about yet more fanservice.
This especially stands out in memory. Hate the outfit, but otherwise...
The Injustice book is so weird. On the one hand, it has some of the most touching storylines for some characters (like Harley, above) and also the plotting is pretty tightly written because they're one-year arcs, no exceptions; on the other hand, they are so hamfisted in so much of it, it's crazy.
@somasatori said in What Do You Collect?:
When I was younger, I used to collect symbols, like I had a whole drawer full of Stars of David, crucifixes, "authentic" gris-gris bags, etc. After I turned 17, I just stopped collecting things and became one those annoying "the things you own own YOOOOU" anarchopunk people.
Still am to some degree, I guess. Though thanks to Humble Bundle, now I collect games?
That "Last Played" is about accurate. I don't have time to actually play them in any meaningful way. I just get them. Maybe one day I'll have a roommate or SO who REALLY wants to play Worms Revolution. I don't know.
Bitch, get Don't Starve Together and ring me up. What is wrong with you?
@Coin , out of respect of the decade and a half we've known each other, I gave Dark Matter and Continuum a second chance, and a few more episodes.
Actually, Dark Matter got better.
Got even betterin the second season.
Continuum you're still fucking crazy to love. Its average. Sure, Dark Matter is kinda average, too, but the characters grow on you, as does the plot.
Continuum is average until you really get into the time travel shenanigans in the second season, I'll grant you that. It is, unfortunately, very much one of those 'have to give it a while to grow on you' shows. But it does. Or maybe it doesn't--maybe it just doesn't do it for you. But once the real plot kicks into high gear, that show is amazing. It is, in essence, hard time travel sci-fi. You are unlikely to find a show that handles time travel with more nuance (even as it is anvilicious about some of its messages, most of which are not about time travel). The way it handled paradoxes and consequences is great.
By the way, what do people think about Stranger Things? I just caught the first episode. Blast from Seven Spielberg style 80s sci-fi past, eh? Im gonna have to try the second episode.
I loved Stranger Things, yeah.
As a comment in general, though: something can be great and still not do it for you; and some things can be awful and still entertain certain people.
I was also super starved for some decent time travel after too much fucking Doctor Who. I'm so tired of Doctor Who.
@Insomnia said in Pokemon Go:
Niantec isn't really at fault and I don't see how anyone could possibly think they are.
If you are driving, don't fucking play PokemonGO. Also, don't text. I mean, it's the same thing. Has anyone sued phone companies for enabling texting while driving?
The Librarians is great.
But I totally came here to say Lucifer's second season got off to a neat start.
@Arkandel Probably because it means that no matter what we say and whether or not this turns into an echo chamber, there will always be people with their own opinions who formulate them without MSB, or WORA, or us, as sources or influences.
And for people who value freedom of thought, that's important.
As if they would even do a second season that didn't respect Serenity?
Book's dead, children.
So is Wash.
Drink some whiskey and move on.
... Noche buena is what every Spanish-speaking culture calls Christmas Eve. Lulz.
Also I am itching for some Ecuadorian superhero to come out of nowhere and berate Batman and Superman for hurting the Rainbow Monster by charging in when the local heroes all know how to pacify it again if the two assholes would have just given them a chance.
Hey, I can dream.
I feel you, @Wizz
Know what makes it hard for me? I am steeped in a culture that expects and suggests certain behavior when it comes to dating, and yet those expectations and suggestions are not applicable to the actual dating culture that exists outside my apartment door.
This is what I get for splitting my life the way I do.
... it's also true that I am okay alone. Loneliness rears its ugly head sometimes, but when it does it's rarely the kind that would be fixed only with a partner. Most of the time, it's just the chemicals in my brain.
Oh hey, way TMI.
Eh, whatever.
@Catsmeow said in RL things I love:
HEY!
Will someone be my RL things I love that live in another country? Will you send me treats? I would send you treats. We could be treats friends that live in different countries so stalking isn't too real a threat. Hit me up.
I like treats.
Still a little real, though, right? I like a little spice in it.
@Tyche And that says a lot more about you than anything else.
Writing Excuses. If you're a writer or wanna write or just enjoy talk about writing. Fifteen minutes long: because you're in a hurry and they're not that smart.
@TNP said in Good or New Movies Review:
@Three-Eyed-Crow said in Good or New Movies Review:
@Arkandel said in Good or New Movies Review:
I really enjoyed the soundtrack; its flavor of bittersweet nostalgia just worked for me.
I enjoyed the songs, but I'm very aware the people singing them were cast for things other than their ability to sing awesomely. Gosling in particular. Emma Stone was fine.
Gods yes. Russell Crowe RUINED Les Mis.
I went to see Les Mis with a girl and basically whenever Russel Crowe was on screen singing we'd just make out. To be fair, it wasn't just when Russel Crowe was on screen singing.
... what was Les Mis about again?
My problem isn't really that I don't like him being the worst Iron Fist ever. It's just that I think they did it badly.
