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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Lindsay Ellis "Cancelled" Controversy Rant |
vividgroovy |
Posted: 24 Apr 2021, 6:41 am
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I never said it was all bad; only that the bad vastly outweighs the good. Never let YouTube do your thinking for you. I started watching YouTubers like Lindsay Ellis because they were funny and made good points about movies (sometimes.) I've noticed a bit of a trend where certain people went from c... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Lindsay Ellis "Cancelled" Controversy Rant |
vividgroovy |
Posted: 22 Apr 2021, 3:47 am
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Can anyone distill what the fuss is about because Ive read three articles on how she's cancelled but nobody actually explains how she "transgressed"?? From what I understand, she compared the plot structure of Disney's new animated movie "Raya and the Last Dragon" to the TV seri... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Lindsay Ellis "Cancelled" Controversy Rant |
vividgroovy |
Posted: 22 Apr 2021, 2:20 am
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Yeah some of these extremists don't listen to apologies. All I can think is that they are very young. I hope that if this is the case, they'll grow out of it. What bothers me is the idea that defending yourself in any way is only "making things worse," something that was expressed in the ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Lindsay Ellis "Cancelled" Controversy Rant |
vividgroovy |
Posted: 20 Apr 2021, 7:15 am
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I just found out that YouTuber Lindsay Ellis has been “cancelled” over a tweet comparing the plot of Disney's “Raya and the Last Dragon” to “Avatar: The Last Airbender.” I have a somewhat odd perspective on this. Ironically, I recently unsubscribed from Ellis on YouTube because I felt she got too po... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Scheduling and other nonsense at my job |
vividgroovy |
Posted: 19 Mar 2021, 5:30 am
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I work retail. Leading up to our annual Inventory, my store was scheduling me for stretches of 8 days in a row followed by 2 days off. When I asked to get a day off in the middle to break up the multiple days, I was told the "needs of the business" wouldn't allow for it. I mentioned that t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Whats with the steryotype of us liking trains? |
vividgroovy |
Posted: 28 Dec 2020, 3:02 am
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I like trains, but that ties in to my obsession with Disneyland. Walt Disney was also obsessed with trains. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Liberalism vs. Characters from Rent and La La Land. WHY?! |
vividgroovy |
Posted: 24 Dec 2020, 4:33 am
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Could you please provide links to the original critiques that you are talking about here? Here's Lindsay Ellis' video essay, "Rent: Look Pretty and Do As Little As Possible": https://youtu.be/q0qfFbtIj5w The section on Mark and the homeless woman is at 23:43 into the video. In the clip of... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Liberalism vs. Characters from Rent and La La Land. WHY?! |
vividgroovy |
Posted: 23 Dec 2020, 2:03 am
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Why do some people hate Mark from “Rent” and Sebastian from “La La Land?” We all have characters who are intended as sympathetic that we can't stand, but this goes beyond that. The critics of these characters treat them as the ultimate example of human evil and I don't understand why. This post deal... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: "Meltdown" |
vividgroovy |
Posted: 08 Nov 2020, 9:13 am
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Meltdown definitions: From Merriam-Webster: "(Entry 1 of 2) 1 : the accidental melting of the core of a nuclear reactor. 2 : a rapid or disastrous decline or collapse. 3 : a breakdown of self-control (as from fatigue or overstimulation)" From Oxford Dictionary: "A disastrous event, es... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The likely return of expert authority |
vividgroovy |
Posted: 06 Nov 2020, 7:53 am
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I see no reason to think a campaign promise using a broad term like "expert" means that people who are into eugenics will be given positions of power. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Poll: If someone won't vote for your candidate... |
vividgroovy |
Posted: 06 Nov 2020, 7:34 am
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Thank you, everyone, for your civil responses :). It is not my business to tell other people who they should vote for. Unless they want to vote for me, in which case they should be permanently committed to a secure psychiatric facility and/or marooned on a distant asteroid outbound from our solar sy... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Don't vote 'for a laugh' |
vividgroovy |
Posted: 06 Nov 2020, 7:28 am
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The thing about the public getting to vote is that everyone's vote is counted equally, regardless of the reason. So the person who takes voting very seriously and does hours of research on the candidates counts equally with the person who votes for a laugh, and they each count equally with the perso... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Not all these hypothetical sentences are prejudice... |
vividgroovy |
Posted: 01 Nov 2020, 1:33 am
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If this were in a fictional story being discussed on social media... Scenario A) The Blurt is the thief and the non-Blurt is the homeowner: "This isn't proper Blurt representation! Blurts need strong, positive role models! Imagine being a young Blurt reading this and seeing their people depicte... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Poll: If someone won't vote for your candidate... |
vividgroovy |
Posted: 29 Oct 2020, 6:26 am
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...which of the options in this poll would you prefer them to choose? This is just a hypothetical question. I assume most voters would prefer other voters to vote the same way they do. I was just curious, if that option was taken away, what would be your next-best choice for other voters to do? (Not... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Friend gets mad that I "overcomplicate" conversation |
vividgroovy |
Posted: 17 Oct 2020, 6:15 am
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Thanks, everyone, for your responses :). ...Your friend MIGHT have meant "is Ichabod Crane the headless horseman in ...the original novel". Yes, that was also something I mentioned, right before the bit about the multiple adaptations I hadn't seen, that I hadn't read the original book. So ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Crippling Indecisiveness |
vividgroovy |
Posted: 16 Oct 2020, 7:49 am
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Replies: 31 Views: 2,299
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I don't know if it's an AS trait, but it sounds like me. My mind goes round and round the different options and I always stress when I finally have to make a decision. |
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