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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why Robert De Niro's 'Alto Knights' Is a Box Office Flop⁩ ⁨⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Literally never heard of this movie.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨adhesive tape to the buttocks⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The best part of this feature is that it’s clearly a result of iterative design. So engineers were trying to solve constipation, and someone with a PhD was like “Well, you know what works for me…”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨adhesive tape to the buttocks⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The finger cot is there because zero G and dehydration commonly result in constipation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jonathan Majors has addressed the rumors he'll return as Kang in the MCU and revealed that Kevin Feige didn't respond to the letter he sent him shortly after his trial⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m hoping we get an Iron Lad variant for Armor Wars. It would be a neat twist if you had a Kang variant wearing futuristic Stark armor facing off against a Stark variant that became Doom. They’re obviously building towards a Young Avengers movie, anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amanda Seyfried Rejected Gamora Offer Over Marvel Flop Fears⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  She also lists several legitimate reasons to turn down the role. She didn’t want to move to London and get painted green every day for 6 months, which Saldana and Bautista have both complained about (the make up, not London).

  Other than that, this seems like she’s admitting to making a huge miscalculation, picking A Million Ways to Die in the West instead.

  As stupid of a decision as this appears to be in hindsight, Seyfried wouldn’t have been as good in the role. It’s entirely possible that with her in the role, the movie might have flopped.

  I think the only egregious thing is thinking that being in an MCU flop would negatively impact her career. The Incredible Hulk was technically the first MCU flop, but I’d argue that Eternals was the first one that failed on its own merits. That entire ensemble cast hasn’t had any issues getting additional work. If anything, it’s the successful movies that resulted in actors being typecast and struggling to find work.

  So the takeaway seems to be that you shouldn’t let fear keep you from projects. Choosing other passion projects, not wanting to be in makeup, not wanting to move, those are legitimate reasons to turn down a role.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can Christians, Muslims or Jews worship or pray to pagan gods?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Same answer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can Christians, Muslims or Jews worship or pray to pagan gods?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Can a soccer player hold a soccer ball in his hands?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Delicious⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just don’t try to tell me it’s fucking “uncured.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Severance the new Lost?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, that’s kinda what they said about Lost, but then they had to fill 3 seasons because the network wasn’t ready to end it, and by the time they got to the end, everyone had guessed the twist and it went out with a whimper.

  Of course we’ve had other terrible endings to massive shows since then, so

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's easier to shoot, a bow or a firearm?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ask yourself a question, have you ever heard of a toddler accidentally shooting someone with a bow? Firing a gun is so easy that you have to keep them away from babies or the babies are likely to kill themselves.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I miss them so much.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I enjoy an over hard egg sometimes. I don’t like gooey eggs, especially when the whites are still raw.

  But a liquid yolk doesn’t necessarily mean raw. Cooked yolk should be thicker and has a great egg flavor. Hard yolks begin to taste bitter from the sulfur dissolving out. I recently learned I had been sleeping on soft boiled eggs.

  The key is that yolks and whites cook at different temperatures. That’s why if you want perfect hard boiled eggs, you need to put them into boiling water (or sous vide if you’re bougie, which if you’re able to afford eggs…) for 8-10 minutes. That’s all it should take. Drop them into an ice bath and then enjoy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Friday is a boycot day of online retailers. I saw this from CPUSA.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But the two examples you mentioned were targeted and permanent. Conservatives were going to target to harass workers and vandalize displays. Kid Rock fired a rifle at cases of Bud Light. Conservatives get violent when they protest, and the loss in sales isn’t replaced by the communities they are courting, because both brands immediately gave in to the terrorist demands.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I miss them so much.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s how I always made them, but I don’t know that my recipe is any sort of authentic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I miss them so much.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Almost everyone overcooks eggs. The whites should be silky, and the yellows creamy. If the white is rubbery or the yellow chalky, then it’s like an overcooked steak. Like yeah, technically you can eat it, but it’s not the best form it can take.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Refreshing⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My physics professor bore witness to the prophecy, but I never believed I would live to see it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic sues Fortnite cheater, donates his winnings to charity, forces him to publicly apologise, bans him for life, and all but sends him to his room without dinner⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Banned from Fortnite for sharing accounts to qualify for the tournament…

  “I won’t ever cheat in Fortnite again.”

  Seems like he didn’t get the message.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Oklahoma Coaches Hall of Fame has a pedophile that they refuse to remove⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re both built on the reputation of their leaders. Good coaches recruit good players, making them look like better coaches. Good preachers gather more followers which makes their bullshit more believable.

  The great irony is that in both environments, the ego of the leader is almost certainly over-inflated, and the institution would be just hunky dory without them. Penn State found a new coaching staff. The Catholic Church will elect a new Pope.

  The people doing the cover-up will justify the lies by telling themselves they are doing it for the greater good, but really they just want to protect themselves.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨True Romance⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Both are trying to stab the other. The one that gets stabbed gets pregnant.

  Which is the winner and the loser depends on personal preference.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Its so joever⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was on Facebook where I saw a short video with a text to voice narrator describing a story from a news article that was written about a Reddit AITA post. The audio played over a video of several clips of different ragebait 5 minute craft videos.

  I had to light a candle.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What happened to Pez?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I recently had some pez for the first time in like 20 years. The candy was better when I was a kid. I can still remember the grape and strawberry flavors, and the modern ones are shit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gorillaz Live at Glastonbury - Clint Eastwood (With Snoop Dogg)⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  He goes by Lapp Dogg now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ENHANCE⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  …onlinelibrary.wiley.com/…/adfm.201903762?referre…

  The short version is they have developed a soft robot that can contract to increase the focal point (aka “zoom”) on a lens, and they can control it with eye movements. An actual zoom contact is not available yet, and would probably require another decade of testing and prototyping before a consumer-grade model is available at a reasonable price point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Leaked footage of Henry Cavill's screentest for James Bond(Casino Royale)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  He’s reading a scene from GoldenEye, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A bit rubbery...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  None of this is true. It’s a piece of ham that looks mildly like a vagina, and someone came up with a funny story.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Marjorie Taylor Greene calls on NPR, PBS to appear for hearing on media bias⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Conservatives demonstrated that you can ignore those requests.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How can you explain a smell you've never smelled before?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Printing machines use all sorts of organic chemicals for inks and lubricants. Does it smell like fresh asphalt and citrus? Like tar and rubber mixed with fragrance.

  To answer your question, I describe the way smells taste. Sweet, sour, bitter, salty, spicy. If you want to be vague, say it smells like wine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there communities to post videos of police brutality / excessive use of force?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Definitely. I kept up with the abuses in Philly, but the results were super depressing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there communities to post videos of police brutality / excessive use of force?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Lol, I think I lasted less than a month, and accomplished nothing. I’ve had more productive bowel movements, but I appreciate the sentiment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there communities to post videos of police brutality / excessive use of force?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Many years ago, I created a reddit sub for tracking instances of police brutality, naming the officers and following up on the lack of punishment. Within the first day, I was completely overwhelmed by the sheer number of offenses. I had a minor mental breakdown and had to abandon the effort.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is a metaphor you like in your language?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  My understanding is that is came from soldiers returning from WWI who did not speak enough German to communicate, but were seeking the trains home.