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- Comment on Is there anything my girlfriend and I have to consider when traveling to America based on our skin differences? 1 day ago:
But I heard that in some procedures in America you have to say what your ethnicity is?
Not sure what you mean by “procedures,” but no. It’s explicitly forbidden for anyone to discriminate against you based on your race or ethnicity. You won’t be asked if you are black or white or anything else. People might be curious where you are from, especially if you have a strong accent, but you’re free to tell them to fuck off (especially if they are being racist.)
We even heard things like that in some places they divide people by “skin color” and base different cultures on that (we noticed that people from America even speak and behave differently based on whether they identify as “black” or “white”) and even have schools for primarily people with dark skin or so.
We have laws preventing creating neighborhoods or schools that exclude specific races, but there are regional schools in communities that are primarily one race or another. Generations of racial segregation, redlining, blockbusting, and gerrymandering have created persisitent segregation that survives decades after those practices were outlawed.
So no, you’re not misinformed. Historical segregation was real and still affects communities today, but there are no laws enforcing racial segregation. We do have a lot of bigots, as evidenced by the literal Nazi salute at the Trump inauguration today, so you should be careful in places like rural Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Texas, Utah, and South Carolina. But if you’re visiting a major city, or any famous tourist attractions, you’ll probably not experience any overt racism beyond a Trump bumper sticker.
- Comment on Don’t Look Up director says ‘half a billion people’ have now seen film despite critics 4 days ago:
Yeah, I also have nightmares about the apocalypse. Ever since I had kids, I would have dreams about inescapable volcanoes or tidal waves and just feel completely hopeless. I don’t need to watch movies about it. See also: 2012, The Walking Dead, The Road, A Quiet Place, the Day After Tomorrow, Deep Impact, The Mist, etc.
- Comment on No trousers Day today in London 4 days ago:
Seems like they should have scheduled it for a summer day.
- Comment on Don’t Look Up director says ‘half a billion people’ have now seen film despite critics 4 days ago:
I can’t bring myself to watch it. I saw a trailer, and my blood started to boil.
- Comment on Special Counsel Report Says Trump Would Have Been Convicted in Election Case 1 week ago:
He can be impeached for this. It makes sense for federal prosecutors to avoid prosecuting someone that can theoretically pardon themselves, but the President is not a King. Impeach him on day 1. Call or write your congressional representatives. Tell your Senator and your House Rep that you believe in America and the rule of law. Immunity from prosecution is not immunity from impeachment.
- Comment on ‘Masters of the Universe’ Live-Action Movie Starring Nicholas Galitzine Begins Filming in London 1 week ago:
I’d love it if they would do more Halloween specials, like a live action Marvel Zombies, or a Legion of Monsters one-off.
- Comment on ‘Masters of the Universe’ Live-Action Movie Starring Nicholas Galitzine Begins Filming in London 1 week ago:
I didn’t know about the cult, but that seems on-brand.
- Comment on ‘Masters of the Universe’ Live-Action Movie Starring Nicholas Galitzine Begins Filming in London 1 week ago:
I mean, I’ve seen him be good in things. But he takes himself way too seriously to be fucking Skeletor. Look at his take on Joker (coincidentally another Mark Hamill voice). I mean, if we don’t get a floating skull and a bandolier/mankini with a gravelly whine, then what are we even doing here?
I actually think he was perfectly cast for Morbius. He’s kind of a ridiculous macabre character, but it only works if the world around him is all bright colors and superheroes. Like, he’s most effective when he fights Spider-Man or when he teams up with normal heroes to guide them through the dark places.
Like imagine putting Leto’s Morbius into the Werewolf By Night special next to Jack Russel and Elsa Bloodstone. Given good writers, he could have worked. Matt Smith also gave a good perfomance that was horribly wasted on bad writing and direction.
If the MCU finds a way to fold in some of the Sonyverse, I wouldn’t mind a Midnight Sons film with Leto’s Morbius, Nic Cage as an elder Johnny Blaze, Moon Knight, Werewolf, Man-Thing, and Bloodstone. Drop Cumberbatch in for a little Strange Exposition, and you’d have to spray bitter apple on the props and scenery.
- Comment on ‘Masters of the Universe’ Live-Action Movie Starring Nicholas Galitzine Begins Filming in London 1 week ago:
I’ve never heard of the lead actor, but he looks the part. Idris Elba as Duncan, cool, Allison Brie as Evil Lyn, interesting choice, and for Skeletor we have… Nope, I’m out.
- Comment on Hollywood Doesn’t Make Movies Like ‘The Fugitive’ Anymore 1 week ago:
Look, I enjoyed the Fugitive, but the whole “Hollywood doesn’t make em like they used to” bullshit is overplayed. There are many recent films of varying quality that could be described as action thrillers for an adult audience. And if anyone made a film to much like The Fugitive, it would be unfavorably compared to the original.
This author is using nostalgia to boil up some discontent in order to drive engagement, including my own little rant about how stupidly wrong it is. Better to ignore it as insipid tripe than to argue the points.
- Comment on Time travel and the economy 1 week ago:
Does everyone know that time travel exists? Or is it like a secret? If there was only one, whoever controlled it either way would be all powerful and immediate ruler of all people on Earth. There’s literally nothing you wouldn’t be able to do, and no force could stop you. Economics would be yours to control.
If everyone had access to time machines, it would be chaos. Markets literally would grind to a halt, because time travelers would be perpetually competing to be 1 second ahead of their competitors, all the way back to the beginning of time. Humanity would inevitably destroy itself.
- Comment on James Mangold's Star Wars Movie Will Not Be 'Handcuffed By Lore' 1 week ago:
The animated shows were all pretty decent, some really good, but there is a lot of content.
- Comment on James Mangold's Star Wars Movie Will Not Be 'Handcuffed By Lore' 1 week ago:
So it’s going to be about the Dai Bendu and the founding of the Jedi order on Ahch-To? Sith will be an actual species on the planet Korriban? We’ll see Prof Huyang’s early years and the discovery of Ilum, the use of proto-sabers. It will end with the founding of the first Galactic Republic.
Apologies to Mr. Mangold, but if he thinks he can create a Star Wars product in a time without existing lore, he’s quite mistaken.
- Comment on James Mangold's Star Wars Movie Will Not Be 'Handcuffed By Lore' 1 week ago:
25,000 years, they could make Tattoine a lush forest planet.
- Comment on Lifehack 2025 1 week ago:
You also don’t know what you’re getting from Amazon. A lot of vendors will ship you new old stock from the back of some forgotten warehouse, or found in the corner of an auctioned shipping container that’s been to Indonesia and back a few times. That’s fine for a pair of pliers, but that bag of a flavor of M&Ms they discontinued in the 90s that you can only find on Amazon? Roll a D20 and add constitution.
- Comment on Armie Hammer to Star in Uwe Boll's New Film 'The Dark Knight' 2 weeks ago:
Feels like a terrible-themed mad libs.
- Comment on Learning a new language is easy! 2 weeks ago:
Sorry, I wasn’t clear about that being a tongue in cheek remark.
- Comment on Learning a new language is easy! 2 weeks ago:
In English, it would be a “thingie.” Like Germans are constantly trying to remember the word “lighter” and they’re like, “you know, the whatsit, the… fire… thingie.”
- Comment on Learning a new language is easy! 2 weeks ago:
No idea, I don’t speak German. I just studied it a bit and barely remember a few basic phrases.
- Comment on Skip Bayless facing sexual harassment in new lawsuit 2 weeks ago:
Can you still be “cancelled” if nobody liked you to begin with?
- Comment on Why would Dumbledolf do this 2 weeks ago:
He was Gandalf for a moment.
- Comment on Learning a new language is easy! 2 weeks ago:
I mean, yeah. This is an important part of the German language. They create composite words to describe a thing, and learning to break it down into its constituents is a fundamental part of reading German.
- Comment on There is a fee to close my HSA account 2 weeks ago:
HSAs are a misdirect to get you to ignore how shitty high deductible plans are. Never take the high deductible plan.
- Comment on how do I show a coworker that I care about her after her mother died? 2 weeks ago:
Everyone grieves differently. Some people want to talk about it, others want to be distracted from it. Only bring it up if you think she’s in a sharing mood, and let her drive the conversation.
You could say something like, “I know it must be difficult right now, but if you want to talk, I’m here for you.”
If she does want to talk, you could ask questions like “What was she like?” People like remembering good times if they can, and it can help them process the loss. But also, some people really don’t want to do that with coworkers. Be prepared for either, and don’t take it personally if she doesn’t want to share.
- Comment on Interesting new symbols for bathroom doors 2 weeks ago:
And the freshly shorn nards on the right.
- Comment on There was a time when everyone had common sense 2 weeks ago:
You can’t, because the previous generations allowed capitalism to ruin consumer goods with regulatory capture and planned obsolescence.
- Comment on Request for c/therapists 2 weeks ago:
I’d say it’s more worrisome the number of rapists holding political office.
- Comment on Dungeons & Dragons Rolls the Dice With New Rules About Identity 2 weeks ago:
It’s not that all traits have been separated from species. Just the traits that come across as racist.
- Comment on What are the current most common symptoms of Covid? I was told about two years ago that a fever is no longer even really a symptom. Yet when I look it up on the CDC website, it shows fever is a sympto 2 weeks ago:
Fever isn’t a defining symptom of Covid. Initially, it was believed that anyone with an active infection would have a fever. That turned out to be wrong, and it led to a lot of people being denied tests and treatment in the early phase of the pandemic because they had Covid byt (I was one of them). People would go out in public with other symptoms because they assumed the absence of a fever meant it definitely wasn’t Covid. So that might be the change in understanding you’ve heard about.
Fever is still a common symptom of Covid. If you have a fever, cough, shortness of breath, fatigue, loss of smell or taste, and/or gastrointestinal symptoms, you may have Covid and you should act as though you are infectious.
- Comment on Guy never bought a game on the Epic Store... Owns 200+ 3 weeks ago:
True, but they are collecting all my data either way since I have an account. I may as well collect the free games.