niktemadur

@niktemadur@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nice place to shop but sometimes gets sticky⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Food Lion
  Citi Trends
  Shoe Show…

  Yeah, this has the feel of some bizarro trickle-down generic capitalism alternate universe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mouse⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  And why is there Jennifer but no Jerryfer? Or Johnnyfer?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Now put them both together!
  And what do you get?
  A toxic regular person!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The end is never the end is never the...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah but can you handle clickbait homescreen wallpaper?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sagan, you look high.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Scratch” his itch for some of that killer skunk weed, the devil’s lettuce!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sagan, you look high.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Did Sagan say that in writing? I know he wrote a few things about his experiences with pot, but those were informal, anecdotal writings, and this sounds much more formal, almost like a public statement meant for publishing, or a speech.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steven Soderbergh Says It’s “Frustrating” When Mid-Budget Films Like ‘Black Bag’ Underperform At Box Office: “Not A Good Thing For Movies”⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Back in the early 00s, I had the supreme pleasure of discovering Alec Guinness as George Smiley in the BBC’s miniseries masterpiece Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy from 1979, then the sequel and conclusion three years later, Smiley’s People, not as transcendent but then again, how could it equal, let alone surpass, perfection.

  Less than ten years later, my first reaction upon hearing of a remake was of complete disdain - “here is an already perfect miniseries, what is it with this incessant compulsion to remake everything?”
  So I didn’t watch the Gary Oldman movie until a couple of years after it came out, it was playing on TV and decided to give it a try.

  To my utter astonishment, I realized I was watching what was to become my favorite film of the entire decade. What an achievement!
  Now I love the film and the miniseries equally, as separate mountaintops.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨70 Years Later, Gunsmoke Has Become The Most Unlikely Streaming Hit⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Or go deep like the Marianas Trench, binge-watch The Cisco Kid, Colgate Comedy Hour and Texaco Fireside Theater!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A bit of salt makes it taste more savory⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not just fascists, also those who empower fascists by sitting on their lazy ignorant smug asses on Election Day, bOtH pArTiEs ArE tHe SaMe LoL aMiRiTe, who want some sort of collapse to happen… because they fancy themselves at the top of their imagined new food chain, I mean… look at their purity! Aren’t they so special and so above it all?

  They read things! On the internet! Wow!
  They reject anything that doesn’t fit their narrative. They LOVE having their hollow ego massaged in circlejerks and by bad-faith actors.

  God forbid anything less than perfect and pure crosses their medieval path, lest they feel offended and… oh yeah, they do nothing. Which is why we’re in this goddamned mess in the first place. They allowed racist, misogynistic fascism to take firm root, good luck weeding it out now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨this is not satire this is not satire this is not satire⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  bOtH pArTiEs ArE tHe SaMe LoL aMiRiTe… i’M sUcH aN aNaRcHiSt HyUcK hYuCk HyUcK!!!

  It’s like these mentally lazy ignorant people look all around themselves, see how the horizon is basically at the same distance all around them, therefore conclude that they must be the center of the universe, then sprinkle in a few fashionable internet soundbites and catchphrases to “make themselves sound interesting” and “with it”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⭐ Enviar un regalo⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Intergalactic spider-powered electromagnetic tentacled advertising droids!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elevated⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Elevated

  …unquote.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The good old days⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah yes… good ole-fashioned nazi Germany!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Panic! on the trade floor⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well… you keep on giving the most rabidly ignorant, recklessly greedy bigoted zealots the keys to the kingdom every 4-to-8 years, what did you expect?

  Then when Democrats can’t fix everything quickly while under constant zealot attack and sabotage, you reward the saboteurs with the keys to the goddamned kingdom again. All while you proudly proclaim that you’ve got it all figured out, because you read a blog post or tweet somewhere:
  bOtH pArTiEs ArE tHe SaMe LoL aMiRiTe WhY bOtHeR vOTiNg?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When someone finally gives you the back story⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  An elegant device, for more civilized times.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which actor did not have a single bad film?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep, this is the one I was scrolling down to find.

  Godfather. Godfather 2. The Conversation. Dog Day Afternoon. The Deer Hunter.

  All five Best Picture Oscar nominees, three winners.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨D E A L⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Imagine getting drugged at some seedy nightclub and you wake up without a kidney… then a week later you get drugged again and wake up with the same defective kidney stuffed back inside. A full refund!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just this! But also more...⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And that’s all for today’s installment of “But Wait… There’s More!”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what is the truth⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  To us as a species just barely out of the African steppes and valleys, it registers as some sort of secular magic, is like being mesmerized by a kaleidoscope or being at the center of a room full of mirrors.

  To pull out extra dimensions from math, and be able to see how the tips of our new lines wave about. To zoom in on the Mandelbrot Set. To consider infinities nested within infinities. To see how Pi literally goes on forever. To notice how Pi seems to pop up nearly everywhere, including where it wasn’t expected. To see prime numbers go in outward spirals and making intricate patterns that seem to comply with the golden ratio.

  This is all very poetic, too. Maybe the purest kind of art. Surely the most rigorously rational, coming up with utterly unexpected and surprising structures, beyond our ability to imagine just with our senses at play.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨90s band alignment chart⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is there a way to put NIN into both extremes of Angry and Horny?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨binturongggg⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The bearcat!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨3's grip looks the most comfy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The day I first gripped a #5, had there been clickbait thumbnails back then, mine would have read:
  This Changes EVERYTHING!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Be honest and tell us what you see⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I dunno… what do YOU think it is?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Divided and conquered⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s hypocritical republicans who LOUDLY incite and stoke any of the culture wars you refer to. Anyone with half a brain can see that since at least two decades ago.

  Yet another reason in a very long list as to why both parties are NOT the same. But that ship has sailed, I have lost all faith in the american electorate. Stubbornly ignorant, utterly misguided voters allowed the noisy felons back in, and they will NOT give up power on good faith. All while global warming continues to ramp up. It’s too fucking late.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Netflix Director Arrested for $11 Million Fraud, Spent $2.4 million on five Rolls-Royces and one Ferrari⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Imagine going from sleeping in this, to sleeping in a prison bunk.
  The drop-off must be astonishingly jarring.
  What an idiot. This is what happens when your appetites and cravings are a bottomless pit, while lacking any self-control and any sense of scale.

  It’s like Pi (yeah, that one, 3.1416)…
  Whether it’s a tiny circle or one the size of the universe, Pi remains constant. Like with this guy, the appetite remains this constant mindless thing at every size and price level.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie" will reportedly be pulled from theaters this Wednesday⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Crazy to think that Jaws was rated PG, but it’s true.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie" will reportedly be pulled from theaters this Wednesday⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Now there’s some food for thought… The Exorcist could have been the first modern blockbuster, it had all the ingredients, only it was one year too early, the immediate precursor before they tried what they did with Jaws.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie" will reportedly be pulled from theaters this Wednesday⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes they did, indeedy!

  Take MGM during the heyday of the old studio system, it had almost 30 soundstages on the lot, always active or under construction and would be cranking films out constantly, and that doesn’t include location shooting around the wildly different environments near LA - deserts and chaparral, forests and mountains, etc.

  Now add to that Warner, RKO (later renamed to Universal), Paramount, United Artists, etc.
  Directors and stars were under contract for wages, would be in several films each and every year.

  Now add to that all the lower budget studios cranking out cheap-o b-movies, mostly horror and noir.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I kinda do know but I'm posting this as a joke.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I think you mean jeans.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fossils on Fossils⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Jurassic drugs!