It needs to be sais out loud--even though it's obvious--that the only reason our system worked for over two centuries until now is because people respected the rules, even when working through the loopholes. It's just shown how flimsy the system is, because even though Trump is a clown, everyone ex...

rsmurphy wrote: Ayn Randall

Holy shit. This got a solid larf from over the pond!

Wood Goblin wrote: We watched Sunrise with our teenaged kids last year, and they loved it. They were dead quiet during the scenes on a boat.

This is wonderful

Wood Goblin wrote: Wed Jan 08, 2025 11:19 am Here’s my hot take on the Murnau original:

It’s fine.

Faust, The Last Laugh, and (especially) Sunrise are all better.

Hard agree. Sunrise is maybe my favourite film (depending on the day)

I'll see it, will probably like it, but right now - after Murnau and Herzog - I don't understand what the point of it is. Passion project + previous success + IP recognisable from gifs/ memes? It sounds like it's worth a go. Hated The Northman, it felt like a Skyrim cutscene you couldn't skip. Hope ...

Take this as no discouragement: drag queens would absolutely murder this game. I always thought Valentina Hotsauce would make a great drag name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentina_(drag_queen)#Early_life Ah yeah, of course! I didn't realise they named themselves after the hot sauce, but that s...

This is good to hear, I was hesitant. As an aside, very strange what a mainstream cultural phenomenon it (still) is. Not the popularity of a grotesquely violent series (and I say that as a fan)- that's a separate discussion- but the outside shit. Kids toys and costumes, a game show, homescapes looki...

brephophagist wrote: Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:55 pm Take this as no discouragement: drag queens would absolutely murder this game.

I always thought Valentina Hotsauce would make a great drag name.

Wood Goblin wrote: Come on, it’s not a Ponzi scheme.

It’s a pyramid scheme.*

*Except for those times when it is, in fact, a Ponzi scheme too.

Ha, fair point

"No sir, our model is the trapezoid!"

Completely cashless? Overall crap I suppose, but money/currency as a concept is pretty shit. Physical, digital, there's not much in it for me (which certainly shows a level of privilege on my part) Also, a lot of the anti-cashless groups seems to lead back to the same old yikes conspiracy bullshit.