Please universe, for the love of God, I'm hanging on by a mere thread. Don't keep putting this in my faaaaace

I'm constantly torn between fighting games, where my successes and failures are solely on my own shoulders, and team games where my contribution is only part of the equation. Team games let me impress others with skillful play, but can be a drag if someone throws. Self-Determinism vs. Collectivism

Folks critiquing California (the state I live in) doesn't bother me for 3 reasons: 1) Critiquing something is how it gets better. 2) There are legit issues that thankfully do get addressed and in smart ways. 3) No one even thinks about problems in places like Iowa or Alabama. They're left to rot.

I don't CARE how dummy thick Overwatch made their new tank, or that they put her in a pencil skirt, I haven't touched that damn game in 10 years and I'm not going back. My productivity would go in the toilet for the rest of the year if I did, SO STOP TRYING TO HACK MY BRAINNNN

It is absolutely unreal how much people are sleeping on 28 Years Later and it's sequel, Bone Temple. You've got two of the most harrowing Zombie (infected) films in DECADES and they're...underperforming? Wtf. A crime that future viewers will look back and be stunned by. Howzat?

Flanagan did a masterful job with Gerald's Game, so I'm not saying it's impossible to do this project...but The Mist (2007) is as good as you could ever expect from the source material. Unless he's willing to drastically expand the plot, this is pretty unnecessary and sounds like a headache to do.

Saw a post about banning kids from going to drag shows. I reminded folks that Shakespeare's plays had men in drag for all female characters. Then some guy, full of confident ignorance, said "kids weren't attending those" BITCH, 13-year-old boys played women because their voices hadn't changed. 🤦

The next Friday the 13th movie should drop Jason onto Epstein's island and have him massacre all the people on the flight logs.

We never discovered who let the dogs out, of course society is collapsing.

I've forgotten what it feels like to chew 5 gum.

No healthcare, Fox News only, Final Destination.

It finally happened. I officially have no idea what the fuck any of this means. I am old.

Pikmin

Netflix: 0 Shrek movies. Hulu: 0 Shrek movies. TUBI: 3 SHREK MOVIES.

Saw an ad for an AI tool that can "help writers with world building." It almost made me spit in disgust. The whole point of being a writer is to use your own fucking brain. PLUS, you can have the most expensive world building notes at your fingertips...but then you actually have to tell the story.

So glad we've moved past the "girls with big butts are gross" attitude that was all over the 2000's. If you think we've gone too overboard in the other direction, then you have no idea how much flagrant boob stuff was flug around back in the day. Rewatch Bleach sometime and tell me it ain't true.

"There's only two genders, men and women." "Buuut depending on how you behave in society, you can be considered a: Cuck, chad, soyboy, alpha, beta, sigma, snowflake, SJW, trad, tradwife, femboy, incel, tradhot, Karen, thot, Fashy Femme, or Dommy Mommy." "But yeah, just man or woman. Simple bro."

Soo Trump reposted a video showing Obama and Michelle as monkeys...during Black History Month. This is the REAL reason he got re-elected. Not for tax breaks, gun rights or whatever "common sense" policies the GOP pretends to have. They want a guy who is unabashedly racist and can get away with it.

After much consideration, I've finally realized why I hate The Strangers (2008) glib "because you were home" reason for them doing all the bad stuff. The randomness of the violence isn't what grinds my gears, it's that the killers ALSO have zero personality. Blank on top of Blank isn't fun.

So Billie Eilish said something about Native American land being stolen, which caused right wing guys to go stomping around her house, saying she's a hypocrite for not letting them in. Surprisingly, they don't realize the irony of white guys trying to get access to a place they're not welcome.

You might be hard, but you'll never be this hard.

Folks who demonize/hate female protags like Peggy Hill, Rose Quartz, Skylar White & Katara have no idea how good they have it. One afternoon with Eva Heinemann from "Monster" would give them a stroke. You wanna see an absolute MESS and a wonderfully complicated character? She is THE gal for you.

New rule, political cartoons aren't allowed to print words on characters or objects anymore. No more drawing a broken down car and writing "the national budget" on the side door. None of that. The whole concept has stagnated super hard and needs new tools in the toolbox.

Whenever I feel self-doubt, I ask myself "Would John Waters Give a Shit?" 95% of the time the answer is "no" and that makes things much better Of course, John is also pragmatic enough to not be a "who cares, nothing matters" kinda guy "Yeah honey, you should be trying to get more sleep, stupid!"

All I ever heard about the Fallout show is how accurate it is to the games/which player choices have been "canonized." Whether people actually LIKE the show or not seems secondary. It's like being accurate to the games comes with the assumption that being accurate means it's good. Very odd.

Exploring deep into the right wing side of Facebook has been a truly harrowing experience. Nothing will make you feel smarter than seeing hundreds of people discussing how to get blood transfusions from folk who haven't been vaccinated, because they're THAT dedicated to not having any vaccinations.

hey guys I'm feeling kinda down. can everyone please respond to this with the beedrill string shot gif

Why would the characters in this story make poor choices? If I were in their situation--- knowing all the things I do about what happens to them AFTER they made that dumb decision---I simply wouldn't have done that thing that made them unhappy. Duh.

It's unethical to lewd the Fnaf robots cause they're inhabited by ghosts of dead children. And since ghosts don't age, even if chronological time passes, they are stuck being 6 years old forever. This is a fucked up aspect of being a ghost and rather unfair. Only kill people after they're of age.

Went for a physical exam and the only notable thing was that my resting heartbeat is exactly 60 beats a minute. I've been pretty paranoid about my heart health this last year so this feels very notable. Blood pressure was also textbook (120/80), so apparently I'm indestructible. Indestructible...

This second Trump presidency is like getting drip-fed the dizzying despair of 9/11. Except a third of the country is blaming the buildings for being in the planes' way.

I don't think I've ever been impressed or actually engaged by "these characters secretly embody the 7 deadly sins" type theories. They almost never line up that well with the characters and don't feel very satisfying even if they kinda click. It's all very "meh"

I've been on all the major social media sites at one time or another and...phew, nothing comes close to the raw river of slime that is Facebook. Instagram is pretty racist, X is mean spirited, Reddit is cynical. But Facebook is on a whoooole different level. I had no idea it had gotten so bad.

The mid-terms aren't going to save us, only we can save us from the fascist pigs.

Idk if there's an antonym for 'sapphic' but that's how I would describe The Descent (2005). The most anti-sapphic film everrr.

Whenever big drama starts to happen with video game streamers, especially when someone was objectively wrong or mean, I always get a little anxious about how the jerk is going to deal with the online dogpile. Being that widely hated and linked to an ugly moment (likely forever) is some scary shit.

Wish there was a way to stop the algorithm from trying to gauge what you're into If you look too long at one Overwatch clip on Insta you'll suddenly get 30 Overwatch memes chucked at you like rocks Then I have to specifically click 'like' on 10 Donkey Kong memes just to get my algo back on track

The Rocket Money app is exclusively for either: a) Rich assholes that aren't meaningfully affected by unnoticed subscriptions draining $300 their bank accounts each month. b) Fools who are too lazy/ignorant to check their bank account statements, so they give a third party access to their info.

"Can you beat Dark Souls if you're over 30, have bad gas problems, no friends, no money, are covered in slimy piss, and have a high end college degree that used to make you a valuable member of society but has since been devalued by an apathetic society that is hostile to artistic intellectualism?"

My favorite antagonist trope is when there's a group of bad guys that's structured themselves into a hierarchy of escalating power. Organization XIII from Kingdom Hearts and the Espada from Bleach are prime examples. It creates some really interesting inter-personal conflicts between the bad guys.

I think this whole "cursed object" thing is totally overblown. It's actually giving me a surprising amount of power for a real low price. I don't even remember what the cost was...but it couldn't have been much.

Just watched Funny Games (1997) for the first time. Emotionally draining and horrible...but has a wildly meta "F you" that signifies that this is all a huge wink to the audience. Made it all feel weirdly light-hearted. Also had a supremely well done unbroken shot that lasted 10 minutes. Crazy.

I think I want to make a video essay about the doomed romances in Ocarina of Time. It's a fascinating theme and speaks to a vulnerable aspect of growing up/losing connection with people. Not sure if this will lead to anything noteworthy but I feel a definite tug in that direction.

I think I'd be more interested in My Hero Academia if the characters were all ten years older.

Fun fact, in 2020 Texas voted for Trump by only 3% (52 to 46). Meanwhile California voted for Biden by 19% (63 to 34). I mention this because I've seen the GOP cope that they'll one day 'take back CA.' Dems haven't gotten under 55% support since 2004 and haven't lost since 1988. Keep dreaming.

The phrase "wide load" vexes me.

While "goonslop" traditionally means 'art of low merit for the exclusive purposes of sexual viewing' I think it should also be used to describe Costco Pizza. It's what Batman villains would feed their henchmen: Cheap, greasy AF, and only comes in two types. But da goons love it anyway. Thnx boss.

Don't think I have the writing skills to make it in Hollywood? Feast your eyes on my billion dollar pitch: What if Superman...was evil?