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- Comment on Catchiest video game song? 3 days ago:
Those first 6 notes of 1-2 tho…
- Comment on Disney’s Live-Action Lilo & Stitch: New Vision and Controversies 4 days ago:
Clicking the link opens a series of uncloseable popups and tries to trick you into downloading viruses.
- Comment on Disney’s Live-Action Lilo & Stitch: New Vision and Controversies 4 days ago:
That website is mobile cancer.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 days ago:
Eh, those things are flexible. If you’re willing to play the game, you can be inside the circle. See: Log Cabin Republicans, Raphael Cruz, Lindsey Graham, Ben Carson, you can be “one of the good ones” as long as you’re willing to toe the line.
- Comment on Why can I get a credit card for $2,000 at best buy for dumb shit but can't get a care plus card for dental work? 4 days ago:
You can always get credit, the only question is how much will it cost.
If you’re asking why does Best Buy offers credit cards and your dentist doesn’t, it’s because Best Buy might not get your sale. They want you to see the product and buy the product and if you don’t have the money they want you to borrow the money without leaving the store. It’s all about reducing friction between your wallet and their register.
Your dentist doesn’t need to reduce those obstacles to purchasing. You need dental work, and they bill you. If you can’t pay, that’s a you problem.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 days ago:
Conservativism is, and always has been, a misdirect. It isn’t an ideology. It’s something you say so that it sounds like you have principles, but there are no inherently conservative principles.
Check your history books, it’s always been this way.
Conservatives establish their priorities by first drawing a circle on the ground around themselves, and the deciding who is with them inside the circle. Everyone inside the circle is a member of their group, the Self. The Self is good because they are inside the circle, and the circle was drawn to define who is good.
And that’s it. Everything else is a flexible derivation of that decision. Policies that are good for the Self are good because the Self is good. Policies that are bad for the Self are bad. You get the picture. Everything a Conservative does or says is in service of defending and advancing the Self’s interests.
Importantly, anyone outside the circle is the Other. The Other can be bad, or they can be irrelevant. The Other cannot be good, because they aren’t the Self. If the Other tries to oppose the Self, the Other is bad. If the Other does not oppose the Self or even assists the Self, they are irrelevant.
If the Self lies or cheats or murders, then those were necessary acts in service of the Self, and therefore good. If the Other acts heroically or honorably or respectfully, it is irrelevant.
The good news is that you can be inside the circle, as long as you agree to go along with the game. Support everything the Self does, oppose anything the Other does to stop you, and refuse to acknowledge the inherent ridiculousness of your lack of fundamental beliefs.
- Comment on I'm gay and I dunno what it means 5 days ago:
That’s an interesting take. So basically a cheater isn’t being drawn into anything because of a specific desirable trait that you lack, it’s just that he’s a piece of shit who wants to cheat.
- Comment on I'm gay and I dunno what it means 5 days ago:
Ok, as a man, I can see that these are two different hairstyles. Visually, it’s obviously the same person but with slightly different configurations of hair. Where I’m lost is that this meme seems to imply that one is better than the other. Which is the superior look? I don’t know. That doesn’t mean I cannot differentiate between the two, it means I am out of touch with whatever is stylish at the moment. There’s nothing objectively more or less beautiful in these photos. Maybe one style is easier to maintain, and the difference is supposed to sugest that one of them takes better care of their hair? Or maybe they are too fussy and vain to a fault? This is specialized knowledge that can only be shared via communication. You cannot discover it on your own like some scientific truth. You must learn it from someone else who knows.
The people who are snarky about people not knowing something like this are the worst sort of snobs. Not only are they mocking people who haven’t been included in the secret, they are wasting an opportunity to share knowledge to do it.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 days ago:
Why? There are parental controls, and you can adjust the content you see. If you don’t want mature themes or coarse language, you should adjust the settings on your account.
All of the Netflix Marvel shows were made prior to Disney acquiring Marvel Studios, and were created to tell the heavier mortality stories. Daredevil, JJ, Punisher, even Luke Cage dipped into some heavy shit. And they were all pretty good at it. All those characters were complex adults with real world issues and traumas. Kingpin was as human as he’s ever been in the comics. Cottonmouth and Mariah Stokes were people doing what they thought they had to do. Kilgrave is the answer to “what’s the worst that could happen?”
Disney wouldn’t make those now (as evidenced by all the punches they pulled in Moon Knight and Agatha All Along). But Disney owns them. Why pretend they don’t?
- Comment on Judge Finds Trump Administration Violated Court Order With Deportation Flight to South Sudan 5 days ago:
Consequences in 3… 4… 5…
- Comment on Why does Spotify sometimes play few ads but other times barely any? 6 days ago:
That’s the beauty of the algorithm. It’s not just time of day, but what you’re doing and where you are. Look for other common threads, like anytime you’re near a gym, or if you’re browsing an online store. Assume they know literally everything about you in the moment.
Of course, there are other plausible explanations. Maybe you are sometimes connected to wifi with a pihole that blocks the ads? Maybe your cellular connection is spotty and the app is compensating with music already on your device? Maybe there’s a quota that they are supposed to hit, and any blocked ads are queued up for later until you connect again? Like I said, I don’t know what’s causing it.
- Comment on Why does Spotify sometimes play few ads but other times barely any? 6 days ago:
I don’t know, but if I had to guess, I would say they probably have an algorithm that tells them what time of day people are most likely to buy premium. Like, they want you hooked so they play fewer ads while you’re going to sleep or riding the bus, and you get comfortable with how convenient it all is. But then, you want to play a song for a friend or queue up a playlist for a party, and the AI recognizes that behavior and puts an ad between every song. It’s frustrating and embarrassing and gets you thinking about why don’t you just give them some money already.
I don’t know that they do this. I know that they can do this, and I know that they would do this.
- Comment on Kristi Noem Incorrectly Defines Habeas Corpus as Trump’s Right to Deport People 6 days ago:
She really is a plank of a wood, isn’t she?
- Comment on Nicole Kidman Has Now Worked With 27 Women Directors in 8 Years; She Urges ‘Financial Mentors’ to Invest in Unknown Female Filmmakers and ‘Take a Risk’ 1 week ago:
Sometimes a mentor is teaching you by example what not to do. So, y’know… You’re welcome.
- Comment on How are Americans so outgoing and extroverted and how can I become the same? 1 week ago:
Where would you meet a shy or socially awkward American? Are you exploring the basements of random homes?
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
“There’s nothing more intoxicating than the clear absence of a penis.”
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
My condolences. He died too soon.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Sure, but it’s also helpful to know that there aren’t labels for everything, nor do we need labels for everything. Really, the only person you need to communicate your preferences to is the person you prefer. In my (admittedly limited) experience, romantic partners don’t want to be reduced to a subset of their attractive physical features. “I like you” is generally sufficient, and it’s not really anybody else’s business what you like or don’t like. We’re conditioned to try to label ourselves, and I would argue that it is unhealthy reinforcing that conditioning by inventing new labels.
OP could describe themselves as bi or pan or omni, but none of those are the sum total of OP’s lived experience. We should describe ourselves, not define ourselves.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Labels exist to describe what is. You don’t need to fit neatly into a category. You like who you like, and you shouldn’t apologize for it.
- Comment on who are you? 1 week ago:
I recognize that “best by” dates are mostly bullshit, but I’m also a firm believer in “why risk it?” Especially for food where you can’t tell if it’s gone bad, like canned goods. I don’t fuck around with botulism.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Be direct and honest. “Hey, buddy, I want to hear what you have to say, but I’m feeling a little overwhelmed right now.” Kids learn from the example you provide, and expressing your feelings in a positive and honest way is how he’s going to learn to do the same.
I would also suggest you put that energy to good use. Kids enjoy feeling helpful and a part of the process. If he’s rambling on, you don’t need to send him away. He’s just excited to share with you. Maybe ask if he wants to color with you while you talk, or ask if he just wants to sit with you a while. Maybe he’ll get bored and run off to do something else, or he’ll sit with you and just enjoy the peaceful moments. Either way, it’s his decision to respect your boundary, creating a healthy relationship.
If, on the other hand, he doesn’t respect your boundary, eg you ask him for a moment and he just keeps talking over you, it’s not impolite to ask him to pay attention to your request and respond. You’re not his parent, so you’re not responsible for discipline or manners, but it’s helpful to a child if you explain to him how he’s making you feel. “It doesn’t seem like you heard me. I said I am feeling overwhelmed, and I need a few quiet minutes to myself. Can you respect that?”
Try to say that as calmly as possible. Don’t make it about him, but tell him directly what you expect him to do.
- Comment on Pixar’s ‘Elio’ Overhauled: Rewrites, Director Swap, and a $300M Budget 1 week ago:
I feel like Luca and Elemental were produced with international audiences in mind. A lot of visual gags, simple language, basic plots, easy to translate, inoffensive stereotypes, etc. Coco was vibrant and fun with complex characters and a twisty plot. They even dropped in plenty of adult humor and mature themes.
- Comment on Understanding your target audience when marketing 2 weeks ago:
I think you just missed the beginning of the conversation and tried to jump into it.
We started by saying that these should have a flared end, and I said that without a flared end, it’s going to require medical intervention. That’s where you jumped in to say, rather condescendingly, that’s what the flared end is for. Go back and re-read the thread, because I really just think you’re missing the context of the conversation we’re having.
- Comment on Understanding your target audience when marketing 2 weeks ago:
… there’s a picture of them. The picture is the same regardless of our respective necks or woods.
- Comment on Understanding your target audience when marketing 2 weeks ago:
Right, except they don’t.
- Comment on Understanding your target audience when marketing 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, all I see are embarrassing trips to the ER.
- Comment on What was she thinking when she did this? 2 weeks ago:
She was thinking “this is going to look awesome!” and she was right.
- Comment on RFK Jr. Swims in D.C.’s Rock Creek, Which Flows With Sewage and Bacteria 2 weeks ago:
I agree RFK is a dangerous moron. But shouldn’t the takeaway be that we ought to clean up the sewage?
- Comment on Elon Musk’s Boring Company Is in Talks With Government Over Amtrak Project 2 weeks ago:
Expensive vaporware
- Comment on Nathan Fielder Created a Fake Singing Competition for ‘The Rehearsal.’ One Contestant Lost $10,000 and Feels Betrayed: ‘I Signed Up to Be a Singer, Not a Lab Rat’ 2 weeks ago:
The article paints a different picture than the headline. She doesn’t regret doing the show and isn’t holding a grudge. She’s mad that they used kids for the show, giving them false hope, which is one of the larger points of the show.