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Every city in America is blue minus a small handful (Anchorage, Phoenix/Mesa, Orange County, Oklahoma City, Virginia Beach... You know the ones). Even in red states, cities like Houston and New Orleans are among the bluest in the country

I had a friend of mine try to convince me it wasn't a scam. After we were talking for a while he said how someone was paying him to speak at some conference trying to get old farty business dudes to have their businesses start their own NFTs, and I was like...

I like what J.R.R. Tolkien had to say about the subject:

This is the first D+ series where the end of each episode makes me go "NO... NOT YET!"

My dad is 72 and re-entered the workforce during COVID. He was broke as fuck on social security.

I started watching the first season again in preparation for the second one. It is SO much better once you realize the different timeline shit. I was so fucking confused the first like 3-4 episodes the first time around. I still understand why they did it that way, but my brain was so busy trying to figure out when and where the fuck I was the first time, that I don't know how much I retained. This time my brain doesn't have to think too hard about it so I can actually enjoy the story more.

There is also the feeling of being repressed, which covers all manner of things, from the intrapersonal, to the interpersonal, to the cultural, etc. That can fit into so many stories. That's why sci-fi/fantasy is so great, because it allows your brain to make of it whatever your brain decides to. Is it a trans allegory? A Christ allegory? A racial oppression allegory (yes, the main protagonist is white, but the main black character is the "liberator" to freedom... Though I guess that would make it more of an allegory for white people letting go of their racial oppression rather than the other way around? Idk). Any way you look at it, the answer those, the answer can be "yes "

I just realized I hate gun nuts like that for the same reason I can't stand religious stoners. Like, if you want to smoke weed all day, more power to you, but as soon as someone makes it a core part of their personality, that's when I want to shoot them into the sun. It's not a personality trait or a belief structure, it's a hobby. It's okay to just say you like to get high without boring me with how the certain "bubble butt veloceraptor" or whatever you smoked enhances the sativa you smoked this morning to make you productive throughout the day, as long as you also get your 4 cups of coffee. You like to get high. And that's okay. Stop trying to justify it by making it into this important thing. Gun nuts are the same. Just say you like to shoot guns. It's okay. You don't have to bore me with your die hard/revolution/zombie apocalypse boners. None of that will ever happen (or if it does, your guns won't save you). Just say you like to shoot guns. It's okay, I like to shoot guns, too. ... I guess the main difference is you can't accidentally kill people with weed. Well, I guess it's possible to like kill a small child, maybe? Like if a toddler found a bucket of edibles and just went to town, I'm sure that wouldn't go well. I don't think they would *die* though. Maybe they would... (Not referring to cnut here if that wasn't obvious, I think hunting rifles are fine. Difference is things like bolt action rifles aren't really meant to shoot rapidly)

That can't be real, right?

The average rating on RT is a 6.4, which is still in the "good" range, and pretty much means that the people who *did* like it thought it was really good.

Notice who that tweet is from.

Id love to, but I'm in a bit of a budget deficit at the moment.

So, Eskimo Callboy has turned into basically a spoof... funny... metalcore... something? Band. And I'm here for it. Metal could use some humor. https://youtu.be/OnzkhQsmSag

Probably true for most movies with Jared Leto. It's why he's never the main dude on the poster. He's the Jack Sparrow to Will Turner. That's why movies like that work so well. The most interesting characters are not the focal point of the story because they're obnoxious and unrelatable. Imagine pirates of the Caribbean if EVERYONE acted like Jack Sparrow. It would end up an off brand musical. That's also why I think it was a mistake to make Johnny Depp a star vehicle dude. That's not his place. Other than weird terry Gilliam shit like fear and loathing, which he also isn't really the main character of.

Hawkeye is, at least so far, a long form buddy cop movie (I mean, I guess Falcon/Soldier was, too, just not nearly as good), and they pull it off extremely well. The action, the pacing, the acting (Hailee Steinfeld is awesome), the villains, they're all great. Now, if they pull a Loki and have that all amount to nothing other than "stay tuned for season 2 in 2023", I'll be pissed. But it's my understanding that this is a standalone series.

He was already an old man when he ran for president 25 years ago.

I've mad many different ones that stick into your ear, even through exercise. Some better than others.

My favorite postmates places are the ones that allow you to "purchase" tip money for the staff. Of course, that makes it even more expensive, so if you're tipping both the staff and the driver appropriately, your cost per order can basically double. But, if I'm ordering postmates, it's because I 100% *do not want to leave my house*. Apparently I'm willing to pay a premium for that.

The kind that makes you feel full in the moment but makes you wake up the next day feeling like you didn't eat anything, yet at the same time you have to poop really bad

I don't see the point. Either I'm hearing some garbled shit that makes me pull me buds out because I heard someone, which happened anyway, or it just makes whatever I'm listening to sound like garbled shit because hear through is on. Either way, I don't get it. Who is this for? It feels like typical tech industry creating solutions to non existent problems. And before someone says something about jogging or whatever, being able to hear background noise isn't going to do anything if I'm blasting Eskimo Callboy while I'm jogging.

Love me some Scott Adkins.

Black widow and Shang-Chi were both that way for me. Shang-Chi starts really strong and then just loses steam, to the point I was kind of actively tuning out by the climax. You can skip What If, honestly. Or just watch like the last two episodes if you want to get "caught up" on how it impacts the greater story, but it's probably not important. However, I HIGHLY recommend Hawkeye, at least so far. We'll see how the second half of the show goes, but the first 3 episodes have been a delight. They are a bit long for the D+ shows, though. I think each one has been at least a full 45 minutes, not counting credits. Some of the Wandavision episodes were like 20 minutes long, same with What If

I just finished it. I enjoyed it quite a bit, but I do agree the narrative moved a little too quickly at times.

I've smoked weed maybe a handful of times over the last few years. Occasionally I do buy an edible before I do something like clean my shoes or something really repetitive.

So far, Hawkeye is definitely one of my favorite things in the MCU. It's funny, it's heartfelt, the action scenes are a delight, and Hailee Steinfeld is a national treasure. The only criticism I have is that the Track Suit Mafia is too cartoony, but that's also kind of the point, so... eh. At least they've hinted at real villains so the ones there so far aren't just comic relief.