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This morning I was reading this thread and thinking, ya know, its been a while since we've had a hawk kill. Maybe I was blaming them unfairly. This afternoon I pulled into my driveway and there directly in front of my parking spot, a red tailed hawk was eating my daughters favorite chicken on...

When was the last time there was a portrayal of Jesus as a blond dude on film or TV? Don't think I've ever seen one, aside from old paintings.

Its like watching this meme play out in real time but on a cultural level instead of political

So lets recap. 1. They pull an absolutely ridiculous race swap and cast a black dude for the pasty white descendent of Reed Richards 2. The ghetto ass actor can't control his ghetto ass ways and gets in legal trouble 3. Marvel drops his ass 4. Even on fucking FoH the only replacements anybody...

anything longer than this IMO (random GIS)

Wait there are people who disagree with this IRL? I thought that was one of those universal things like ugly people, where even newborns will show the same response

I'm sure its just a random coincidence that they were unable to find an actor who looks like the character. Twice. I mean there are very few white actors these days, maybe only like 1 or 2 left, and they were probably busy.

No thats what would happen by default. I'm saying that with a minimum of planning he could easily have established like The Avengers Trust or some bullshit (somebody can correct me on the terminology here; I dont know this shit but rich people do) to take care of all Avengers for life. It seems...

I mean, he's dead. The guy whos superpower was basically being rich and planning for stuff. He died, after a fight they were all anticipating for a long time. I wonder if theres any kind of legal framework where a rich guy can arrange it so his wealth can be distributed in some way after this...

I have no idea where that specific number came from, but the numbers I've read have been over the course of like a century or so. I don't think anybody said 85% overnight. Ever hear of the black plague? killed what, like 50% of Europe or something? And thats in a population with some...

I have no idea what context this was meant for. But since its been on my mind lately: What'll really bake your noodle is when you come to the realization they've been right, all along.

You seem to be conflating two very different things. Smallpox blankets are made up revisionist bullshit. The actual dieoff happened hundreds of years earlier. There was a more or less continent wide plague spread (unintentionally and unknowingly) by contact with the earliest settlers -...

There is no defense for bland food. Its an offense that should literally never exist. Not in a school cafeteria. Not in a home cooked meal. And absolutely, definitely NOT in fast food whose only reason to exist is that its supposed to taste good. It has nothing to do with being "real food". It...

I want to argue more about this but find that my brain refuses to dig up enough details about either movie (CM or AM1). Its making it really fucking hard. But I'll say this. Aquaman was just dumb. That was the worst thing about it. I dont care enough to hate anything about it in particular. It...

It spread through the Americas like wildfire after first contact with the Spanish and Portuguese explorers, long before the colonial era. When the colonists arrived they were greeted with tales of a great plague that wiped everyone out long ago. Then a few hundred years later their ancestors...

what? no. eternals was worse. captain marvel was worse. I'd say black panther 1 or 2 was worse but why would I watch those in the first place? flash was terrible. just as bad as everything anyone has ever said about it. but those were worse now the hard question is aquaman vs flash. and FML...

They can get away with this because even in an ""alt-right"" community like ours, the majority of people have swallowed revisionist history and think the white guys were evil invaders and the natives were peaceful nature hippies. American Indian race baiting was the foot in the door that got...

Every time this comes up people just dive right into the technical details or the legal details, entirely missing the relevant points. All art is derivative. People dont have ideas; ideas have people. The notion of "stealing an idea" (or an image, or a song) is fundamentally dishonest, a...

I agree but its still no excuse for allowing it to continue. Its one of those areas in life where I have to exercise excessive, deliberate self control when I encounter it, like sit there doing breathing exercise and shit, cause its so fucked up and damn near 100% of society is apparently on...

The trick is to live somewhere without ghettos or ghetto people so none of the fast food places are staffed by those people. Theres a Burger King in a town not too far from me. They appear to have all five black residents of the state working there. Its bizarre. Needless to say its not a...

Now can you explain to the class, in what way does the "everyone wants to fuck blacks" fit your definition? Its fucking 2023 and there are still people that think copy pasting from an online dictionary is a valid form of discourse Did you know that not every reply on an online forum has to be...

I was pretty clear, but I've learned that sometimes you can't possibly be clear enough. I didnt find it to be racist in the sense of "blaming the white man". This was basically a single line from the daughter who was a race baiter from her first moment on the show, so it didnt come across as...

Purely from a food perspective Palums right. The CFA chicken sandwich is fine, there is absolutely nothing wrong with it. But just like In & Out, its wildly overhyped and has a boring ass menu. Its a pretty much perfect analogy. CFA is to chicken sandwiches exactly as In & Out is to burgers...

Painting this as anti white is silly, looking to be offended. It was literally a single line from a single character, and she was an annoying bitch from her first appearance on screen, and consistently had a chip on her shoulder about race. One of the themes here was actually reasonably well...

Only 2 episodes in. If S1 had started like this I doubt I'd have bothered finishing it. "Hey guys, lets explore the multiverse by telling stories about what if someone you don't give a shit about and barely remember, did something you don't give a shit about, instead of someone else you barely...

First couple seasons were great, but the entire time its been a story about replacing the old white male NASA with the more female and brown government + private industry space force. It hasnt been subtle at all about this theme. Viewed this way, its entirely reasonable that we're seeing a...

This is fascinating. The guys banned from all but this little corner, what does he do? Instead of taking the timeout and going elsewhere, he stands in this little corner still stamping his feet and insisting what he read in his favorite history book is correct? Its quite a window on the human...

Yeah we're talking about different contexts. When you brought up standardized testing I went straight to SAT / GRE / etc. I'm only defending it in those contexts. In the classroom, absolutely I'm in favor of more essays and less multiple choice.

I don't disagree at all, essay questions are a far better way to judge the student's grasp of the subject than multiple choice. (oral exams are even better) The problem is that its nearly impossible to grade written essays in a truly objective and reproducible manner. I've never seen a program...

despite being the most commonly cooked cut of chicken, boneless skinless breasts are also one of the cuts that most often turns out badly. By which I mean, if you didnt do it perfectly youre in good company. I'm on board with all the suggestions so far. Pound it. Bread it. Butterfly it. Slow...

A reference that may help in casting his replacement This is Kang

Carefully preparing homemade food for an animal that eagerly eats any literal feces that it finds... thats next level. I'm not even making fun of you. Theres something special about that. Caring so much for a pet even though the object of your affection doesnt give a shit and would be just as...

The second it can produce a tweet on its own, and someone can screenshot the tweet. This isnt a snarky smartass comment. Its the precise answer to your question.

Every job thats purely paperwork & minor logistics like this is gonna be replaced by LLMs and other robots and its gonna be hilarious. If the only reason your job exists is to facilitate paperwork, your job doesnt deserve to exist and I can't wait til that day arrives.

That was an afterthought, but you sure loved to jump on it like it was the main argument. We can stick with civil wars in the modern era if you like. Out of the last lets say 5-10 civil wars that have happened on planet earth, how many of them saw a foreign country invading in response? I...

The proposition was not that Europe would support one side or the other financially. The proposition was a boots on the ground invasion of American would definitely 100% happen in the event of a civil war. The best I'm getting in response is "ok its not something that happens normally but this...

I guess thats it, now that you mention it WTF why isnt it on a chopping block. I also think the axe handle is shorter than normal. Its just weird to watch, its like he's bowing to the wood after each swing. Use your arms bro, its not yoga

You keep insisting on this. Shall I assume that if we look up lets say, the last half a dozen or so civil wars that happened worldwide, would we find that in each case "their enemies immediately invaded?" I don't feel like playing wikipedia tag, but I'm pretty sure thats not the case. If we...

Thats an interesting idea. I split a lot of wood, I'm gonna have to try that. With that said, WTF is wrong with the dude in the video? He bends over on each chop like he's made out of spaghetti. Dudes gonna destroy his back. But also, WTF why? Is the axe too short for a normal chopping motion...

IMO you've got to be far enough away from the nearest city that *finding* you is an issue. Keep in mind they're not gonna have maps on their iPhones. If you're on a main road within an hour of a city you're in for some unpleasant visitors in the no-internet apocalypse. If you're on some dirt...