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- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
eldritch horny
- Comment on Merging a western with eldritch horror, Blood West is awesome and now Steam Deck Verified 3 days ago:
This reminds me of that Mythic Quest episode called “A Dark Quiet Death”, (spoilers ahead) about a fictional horror video game where users are vulnerable, have no way to fight the monsters, and only have a flashlight. After the video game is a surprise hit, the game studio increasingly crumbles to pressure to sell out, and subsequent sequels of the game increasingly cater to popular demands like that users can have a gun, then that users can actually kill monsters, and so on.
Anyway, this video game claims to be an eldritch horror game, but it’s basically a FPS shoot-em-up with monsters in a western setting, the “eldritch” aspect is basically nothing more than superficial aesthetic at that point. Eldritch horror, like the video game in “A Dark Quiet Death”, is inspired by Lovecraft’s writing, which positions humans as defenseless insects relative to the horrors that are not only beyond human capacity to fight, but often even to comprehend. The role of a gun in a Lovecraftian context is mostly to show the hubris and futility of human attempts to overcome the horrors.
All that said, this isn’t to suggest the game is wrong or bad, my thoughts are just about the deeper artistic ironies.
- Comment on Just go. 5 days ago:
lol, a little bit - it’s like a slant rhyme!
- Comment on Cerebral decomposition 1 week ago:
yes, very pro body pillows, though they don’t have to be Japanese comfort pillows to be body pillows 😆
- Comment on Just go. 1 week ago:
In case you don’t get it:
spoiler
2NA sounds like “tuna” (two-nah -> toonah)
- Comment on Make gravity your bitch 1 week ago:
I read this in the voice of Charlie from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
- Comment on Cerebral decomposition 1 week ago:
it helped me understand this better once I knew a dakimakura is one of those Japanese body pillows
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- Comment on ‘New Girl’ creator Elizabeth Meriwether reveals if she’d ever do more episodes 1 week ago:
“New Girl” creator Elizabeth Meriwether is weighing in on whether she’d ever revisit the show with a reboot or a revival series.
“I give the people what they want. There is a world, it is in a galaxy far, far away, in a multi-verse situation…” the writer, 43, exclusively told The Post.
“No, no, I love the show so much. I love the actors. Everybody who made the show is still in contact with each other. It was like a formative time in everyone’s life, I feel like. And so, it’s hard to go back.”
About whether she’d revisit the “New Girl” world and those characters, she added: “I don’t know; we’ll see.”
“I feel like the actors always throw me under the bus,” Meriwether joked to The Post.
She explained, “They get asked [if there will be more ‘New Girl,’] and then they’re always like, ‘Well, it’s up to Liz.’ And I’m like, ‘You guys!’”
Sounds like a big maybe.
- Comment on What are you watching and, what do you recommend this week? 1 week ago:
how … uh, emotionally safe is Adolescence?
- Comment on What are you watching and, what do you recommend this week? 1 week ago:
Finished:
- Severance s02 (don’t recommend, s01 was good though)
- White Lotus s03 (don’t recommend)
- The Residence s01 (recommend - relatively light-hearted, fun inclusion of neurodiversity, and kept my attention even if it wasn’t the most compelling plot)
Currently watching:
- Fantasmas s01, I love this show, though it’s not for everyone
- Comment on IT'S NOT A COINCIDENCE 1 week ago:
don’t let them fool you, it’s all projection from RFK Jr.'s brainworm
- Comment on IT'S NOT A COINCIDENCE 1 week ago:
the woke mind virus is literal now?
- Comment on What are some lesser-known obscure TV series that went under the radar, that you would recommend? 2 weeks ago:
I feel like a surprising number of people know about this show, but I suspect because it’s German it doesn’t get the same attention - there was a period where Dark seemed popular in my circles, though.
- Comment on What are some lesser-known obscure TV series that went under the radar, that you would recommend? 2 weeks ago:
oo, Brand New Cherry Flavor was fun
- Comment on What are some lesser-known obscure TV series that went under the radar, that you would recommend? 2 weeks ago:
Fair enough, I don’t mean to override your experience of it as obscure, and it’s a good show. Maybe because I’m a nerd surrounded by nerds, I would consider Firefly only third to Star Wars and Star Trek in terms of fame, but it’s getting old now so this might also be a generational thing. Maybe Stargate is approximately equal to Firefly, but I feel like people love Firefly so much more than Stargate.
- Comment on What are some lesser-known obscure TV series that went under the radar, that you would recommend? 2 weeks ago:
Someone mentioned Patriot here the other day, and I think that qualifies as at least lesser-known.
Also going to plug the Canadian TV series Sort Of, about a trans woman who is a nanny for her friend’s suburban family.
I was also surprised I had missed Spaced, a kind of surrealist sitcom starring Simon Pegg and directed by Edgar Wright (think: Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead). Not sure it counts as obscure or lesser-known, but it was for me anyway.
- Comment on What are some lesser-known obscure TV series that went under the radar, that you would recommend? 2 weeks ago:
I don’t think you can call Firefly “lesser-known” or “obscure” …
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
was going to say, the invasion of Mexico (like 1848 or so) was naked greed and caused some countries to doubt the U.S. was serious about its supposed founding ideals, lol
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
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\basically says “ignore the special syntax meaning of-as starting a bulleted list, and instead treat it as a literal-”. - Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
leaded gasoline was fun, huh?
- Comment on What TV cancellation are you most upset by? 3 weeks ago:
ha, I forgot about this show - I remember it being well made
- Comment on What TV cancellation are you most upset by? 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on Help 3 weeks ago:
yes, feels like the pic is only meant to situate, like “I’m here in this situation”
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Even if a majority if indigenous folks didn’t mind the label, it’s still a label born of ignorance. It’s not like it becomes just OK because the surviving oppressed minority incorrectly labelled that way by the colonists are OK with it.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
yeah, I’m not really doubting OP’s intentions, I’m just trying to clue them in to how others might see their post so they aren’t surprised if it gets flagged
I think race issues were apparent to me as a young child, but it took the form of feeling insecure and unsure how to interact with racial minority peers of mine in school and so on, not wanting to make them feel uncomfortable but feeling fragile around them and thus accidentally introducing stigma. It was an awful feeling, and something that just didn’t happen with other students.
- Comment on Anon sees a happy couple 1 month ago:
I think there is so much you can do for how you look - skin care, hydration, diet, exercise, etc. can radically change the way a person looks - but I tend to agree that personality matters much more. My point is that most people seem to get lost trying to make themselves physically attractive, and incel culture like looksmaxxing seem to fall into that logic as well, but they miss that the bar is lower than they expect. And of course, your point is missed by this community as well - that looks are even less important overall than how you hold yourself and interact, etc. - the mental stuff is the most important. Luckily good diet, hydration, and exercise help with that too!
- Comment on I accidentally recreated Daria from the episode „Road Worrier“ in Stardew Valley 1 month ago:
oops
- Comment on Anon sees a happy couple 1 month ago:
also it’s probably more important to not be too unattractive - people are focusing too much on the ceiling but they need to focus on the floor
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Just a warning, your question might be interpreted as violating rule 5:
Rule 5- No baiting or sealioning or promoting an agenda.
That said, I don’t see why cringing about racism is controversial, if anything it’s the majority view that racism is bad.
If you are genuinely interested in learning about where racism comes from, feel free to read: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism
Aristotle for example argued that non-Greek slaves innately lacked a will and thus depended on their Greek masters as rulers the way children depend on their parents (he made similar arguments justifying the supremacy of men over women). These views have a long history, and it’s worth learning about. You might start with the culture you are in (not sure if you’re from the U.S. or not) and read a few academic primers about race and the history of race in your culture.
You might also wonder what race is, and for philosophical questions about race I would start here: plato.stanford.edu/entries/race/