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I agree. I just find it an important semantic distinction. The filter metaphor only makes sense for factors that end species. But no disagreement about its impact.

I didnt explicitly say it in my post, but when I propose "we're the first" I am really proposing "life is exceptionally rare in the universe, bordering on unique". If the emergence of life, or the emergence of intelligent life, are sufficiently rare that would explain the observed state without...

What in the actual fuck, indeed. Is this a discussion about not washing your jeans for 3 years and doing some weird shit in the bathtub with them, in order to make them look broken in? And then describing the specific patterns as "honeycombs" and "whisker fades", implying that somewhere there is...

So shall I assume you prefer your spaghetti without marinara, your salad without dressing, your gyros without tzatziki? And if the server handed you plain noodles after you ordered spaghetti you'd be completely OK with that? I realize there are some people who don't eat fries properly, with...

Why cant it be "We're the first" and "there is no great filter"? Not saying thats my position, but wouldnt that also explain the observed state?

Cause I've also had ketchup out of a bottle, so I know what it tastes like. Eating fries without ketchup is like eating Buffalo Wings with goddam ranch dressing. Its like deliberately cooking non-crispy bacon. Its like eating pizza with a knife and fork, or cooking a filet minon well done and...

Lol, wait til you see how I apply that ketchup while driving! /immune system

My fast food jimmy rustles: Would you like a straw? (after handing me a cup with a hole in the lid for a straw) Why are you fucking asking me this? I am not gonna answer, I am gonna sit here til you figure it out. Did you ever ask that question and somebody said "Ya know what? I'm just gonna...

Why, is Bruce Wayne a black chick now too?

On the plus side, they can get as woke as they want in casting without any problems. All women, any race, lesbians, no problem. I really liked a lot of things about the Bene Gesserit philosophy, and many of them are relevant for today, but I'm 100% confident theyll fuck all of those up based...

I think you nailed it exactly. They genuinely think they need to make it better. A good screenwriter gets the fuck out of the way and just translates the story from book to film. A good screenwriter is invisible. A bad screenwriter "has something to say" and wants to "update the story for 2019...

2 ep in. I strongly suspect the story ends up being shallow and dumb. But that ass. I'm still watching.

https://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2019/09/17/nyts-already-crappy-reputation-takes-another-hit-with-analysis-of-working-womens-pooping-habits-and-wtf-worthy-graphic/ Not a serious country. But that graphic is funny shit.

It never stopped being funny for me. How many millions did they spend on effects, sets, costumes, etc. But I guess finishing Dany's makeup so she looked like an actual blonde person would have been too much. Perhaps the makeup people have never met a blonde before? I mean, they're super rare in...

Fuck touch screens. An increasing number of devices use this fucking interface. Literally 9 times out of ten when I touch a touch screen, nothing happens. Whether its a smartphone or a self checkout screen or video screen on an airplane seat. Touch screen, no response whatsoever. Touch it...

Epic. Made me hungrier than probably half the posts in the cooking thread. That must smell amazing.

Pro-tip: if your jeans are tight enough they need to be stretchy, OR if your jeans are made partly of spandex, those are ladies jeans. In case a picture helps, this is what Mens jeans look like

Thats my wifes argument but we haven't spotted any convincing shots showing this. It appears to me the effects people just assumed penises are strong enough to support the weight of a full grown man. Whatever, still hot

This is the conversation my wife and I have every time they show this. "That would rip your dick off!"

Youre defending the casting of a black dude as a Viking god? Not a serious person. There are borderline, "grey area" kind of cases, and there are LMFAO obvious in-your-face kind of cases. This is the latter.

A single episode of Happy Days was immortalized when the world coined the phrase "jump the shark" to describe that moment when a TV series reaches the end of a good run and turns to shit. After this is released, the phrase "A-Force" will be immortalized as meaning that moment when a movie...

I'm pretty sensitive to SJW bullshit and havent felt like this was SJW, at least so far (ep 2 or 3). Khane is right: depicting the plight of underclass migrants isnt somehow inherently SJW. Plus, floating fairy sex. We were just trying to figure out why most fairy whores dye their hair blue...

I have a hobby I'm obsessed with, saltwater aquariums. Trading and selling in this hobby is very decentralized; you can buy from individual hobbyists, wholesalers, retailers, or directly from aquaculture or collectors. So a part of the fun and challenge is finding new sources for fish and...

There is no suggestion anywhere in the books that the Fremen are African or partially African in origin. The descriptions fall somewhere between dark-skinned European and Middle Eastern. Look at the choice for Stilgar. Pretty much perfect. But I will say I'm encouraged by the Stilgar casting...

Fuck. I forgot about that. You are absolutely 110% correct. Blackchani alone isn't proof of SJW casting fuckery, but gender swapping Liet Kynes plus raceswapping Chani... thats SJW casting fuckery. This will go the way of the Gunslinger and A Wrinkle in Time.

... this actually looks really good. I bitched a lot abut Chani but apparently it wasnt part of a broad race swapping in this case. As a diehard Dune fan and stickler for casting... I am pleasantly surprised. A couple people have mentioned Paul being scrawny. I dont get it; he wasnt some big...

Besides, randomly selecting across the universe instead of randomly selecting within each world would do nothing about resource consumption. Some worlds would get wiped out entirely and others barely affected. Movie-Thanos was retarded but not that retarded.

The carrying capacity of Earth is closer to 14 billion. Movie-Thanos was an idiot. Comic book Thanos in contrast was just doing something dumb to get laid, which is more understandable.

I mean, I feel the same way in a dating or socializing context. But when its your wife and the mother of your children spouting political bullshit?

LMFAO Egwene and Nynaeve (sp) are fugly black chicks. Of course they are. Of course they are. And theyve shoehorned in yet another black female - white male relationship. And theyve cast yet another redhead (which are more f a minority than blacks with a history of oppression) with a black...

It sounds like you've got other issues going on too, but IMO it'd be a good idea to let go of the political/philosophical stuff. All women are kind of retarded about political/philosophical stuff. They can't help it, they've got malfunctioning emotion chips. I have immense respect for my wife...

dammit, thats the kind of post that always does this to me. Next thing you know I'll try Legion again and before you know it, I'll be WTFing my way through a scene with unknown characters that havent been introduced, doing some kind of bizarre dance, and it'll turn out nothing in the scene...

Yeah, that was my only gripe with it. And I get that probably the explanation is she wasnt out of the closet at that point, but it still deserves some dialogue. "WTF, 3 scenes ago you were telling me how you had a crush on me all year" Other than that, didnt bug me at all. She never even...

I have tried probably 8 or 10 times to watch this show. I make it an episode, or part of an episode, before I'm like WTF is this shit ? Then a few weeks go by, I read this discussion, and I think " that show sounds awesome, I should give it another try"

Listening to British people try to convince everyone else that there is some real distinction between different British accents always reminds me of listening to Asians try to convince everyone else theres some real distinction between different Asian ethnicities.

I initially wrote that but they'd already called option 3 the golden path so I edited it back out. I'm ashamed to confess I read most of the stuff by Brian Herbert too. I regret it. I kept hoping he'd d something cool with that amazing material. After three trilogies I realized he was never...

God Emperor of Dune is in the running for the greatest sci fi book of all time, and Option 4 is the correct path.

All this fixation on when someone said he didnt like his wife? I don't really like my boss, my parents, my kids, or my dog all the time, either. Don't see whats so odd about a person in a long marriage sometimes not liking their spouse. And its absurd to suggest the kids would be better off in...

I also thought he was being Australian but I pretty much cant tell the difference between British, South African, and Australian. They all just sound like someone trying to say things in the fanciest, most old fashioned way possible. Kiwis sound different because of their odd vowel swapping...

While I'm tempted to believe the worst, there doesnt seem to be much evidence against Mrs Butcher at this point. She may have been raped; the security cam footage certainly supports that. Afterwards, its clear she was made some kind of offer but the details remain unknown. If she was raped and...