Kal-El814

9 minutes ago, SFLUFAN said:

So what?

 

This isn't about "suppressing" the #MAGA Chuds, this is about "energizing" the Left.

To wit, I do not want MAGA chuds, racists, bigots, etc., suppressed. Let that shit be tried in the court of public opinion.

12 hours ago, Komusha said:

 

I mean, why does it matter? That really was the main point of my initial post. You only quoted my first paragraph, which was intended as more of a joke (hence the  emoticon).

 

The second paragraph is more what acually concerns me. These debates have been happening for over a half a year and haven’t gone anywhere. I also post on the Vestibule where it’s much more poplar to hate on TLJ and I just avoid discussing it because it obviously isn’t going anywhere. It seems like anytime a TLJ makes any sort of remark or a boycott, the fans go crazy. The thing is I actually expect more of the users who typically argue in favor of TLJ,l. Wade has even asked you guys many times to stop.

 

"To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture. Enjoy, sir, your insensibility of feeling and reflecting. It is the prerogative of animals. And no man will envy you these honors, in which a savage only can be your rival and a bear your master."
- Thomas Paine

11 hours ago, johnny said:

“Why does it matter” 

 

BECAUSE THIS IS THE INTERNET 

Yup.

I still refuse to believe that Ben Jealous is a real person’s actual name.

17 hours ago, Kal-El814 said:

Shit like this makes me wish hell was real solely so Mitch McConnell has a place to go when he dies.

I’ve thought about this some more and decided that I want heaven to be real, but have an impenetrable border wall and jank ass immigration policy. Oh and it’s governed by Sharia law.

lol at anyone compelled to arm themselves for a trip to Ikea because you never know but who cannot be bothered to secure their instrument of death because reasons. All this person's weapons should be confiscated, melted, and forged into a chain that they must wear in public until they die.

“Pretty good” is Naughty Dog’s mantra for gameplay.

Shit like this makes me wish hell was real solely so Mitch McConnell has a place to go when he dies.

1 hour ago, Komusha said:

So what you’re saying is that you’re fine with letting them hate them, you just want to make sure they know they are in the minority and that their opinion doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things. 

I only want to let them know that they’re in the minority if they’re making demonstrably false claims to seed some other point about the movie, the direction of the franchise, etc. “Disney needs to do X because a lot of people hated The Last Jedi,” stuff? Yes, I will point out that most people did in fact really like the movie and that people who don’t like it are a loud minority because that claim starts with a false premise.

It’s not a “suck it, your opinion is the minority,” kind of thing. It’s not like I’m unfamiliar with the feeling. I think The Phantom Menace is the best of the prequels and that despite Return of the Jedi having probably the best individual moments in the whole franchise, it’s deeply flawed and is barely a good movie.

If it took more than a fucking century to figure out that you get more batters out if you stand here instead of there, the entire sport should be federally banned and all wins should be vacated from every team. Erase it from existence.

1 hour ago, MarSolo said:

Trump doesn't know what that word means.

He might not know what it literally means but there is ZERO CHANCE that Trump is unaware of the word mongoloid. 

Now and forever... fuck Marco Rubio.

14 hours ago, ALIEN-gunner said:

I liked Solo even with the part were it was suggested that Lando had sex with a that droid. Speaking of that droid I found it pretty hilarious that she was way over the top and a obvious parody of SJW's. The movie was fine but it wasn't advertised well and followed the dismal That Last Jedi. I doubt the Rian Johnson trilogy is ever going to happen. I'm pretty confident he'll never be allowed to fuck up Star Wars again. 

I am shocked that you are incapable of identifying parody. Shocked I say!

22 minutes ago, Chris- said:

But there have also been studies indicating that fat shaming makes people fatter and adversely affects weight loss efforts, so it’s not as simple as ‘body positivity is bad’.

 

Moreover, the conclusion doesn’t follow; surveying someone’s perception of their weight against their actual weight doesn’t test the affect of a social movement, it just tests their self-perception. The researchers are assuming that their perception is dependent upon the movement, which isn’t how research works. 

No that can’t be right. My confirmation bias penis doesn’t get erect when i read thread titles for just no reason.

Terminator fans are like bowling pins getting set up by the machine and talking to one another about how this time nobody’s going to knock them down and send them flying. 

100% of the people who have done this to me have been over 40. Also I would say that when I’ve gotten far enough in th job application process to get a face to face interview, the number of companies that let me know I won’t be receiving an offer is < 10%.

Dunno if it’s the industry, the geography... whatever. But in my experience whenever I read articles like this about how younger workers behave, it’s almost always the more experienced, older people who I see doing those things. 

44 minutes ago, Komusha said:

I loved The Last Jedi but am also completely fine letting people dislike it. I guess I'm weird like that.

Despite enjoying discussions around why someone might or might not like it, I don't have a problem letting anyone like or dislike it.

I am constantly confused by the insistence that people at large did not like it despite plenty of evidence to the contrary. So lots of people like something that some people don't. Who cares? Again, I really dislike the prequels but people love them. Who cares?

1 hour ago, HGLatinBoy said:

Also, who the fuck saw the Last Jedi and fucking loved it? NO ONE. 

Again, this is demonstrably false.

We can have (and have had, to the consternation of our glorious leader) discussions as to whether or not TLJ is a good movie. But the general moviegoing public loved it and there's evidence for this.

Just now, number305 said:

But your opinion is super objective... 

2 minutes ago, Reputator said:

Sure.

CInemascore isn't my opinion. You don't end up with an A there if a "significant chunk" of moviegoers dislike something. I think Episode II is a fucking abomination and the prequels are generally really bad, but... audiences fucking love them despite what enthusiasts on the internet say. I don't know why this just gets chronically ignored when talking about fan reaction to TLJ.

3 minutes ago, Reputator said:

 

Nope. Significant chunk.

Not by any objective measure, but okay.

My code is: 

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I can't believe that people are still clinging to the notion that anything other than a small, very vocal minority disliked The Last Jedi.

Let's be honest, baseball is meaningfully better for almost everyone when the Yankees are bad, especially when they are not in the playoffs.

I'd guessed Louisiana.

God of War is a really fascinating mix of incredibly realized and incredibly wasted potential.