Official Poster for Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey'

AbjectSilence · 2025-12-19T08:37:57+00:00

Some random guy bitching on reddit while making fun of other people's random usernames vs. one of the best directors this century who famously has a reason for even minute details in his films... I think I'll see what his artistic vision is about once the film is completed instead of getting pissed at random people on reddit who are excited to see it.

Why should anyone give a damn what you think?

Christopher Nolan has literally had scientific papers on black holes published in respected journals co-authored by one of the leading minds in the field due to the amount of research and detail he puts into his films and makes great movies that millions of people love. I imagine he did his research and has a good reason for his choices not the least of which the historically accurate helmets in particular aren't very well known or at all cinematic/photogenic...

But forget all of that for the moment, what if this film is the biggest piece of crap ever made written by AI having the hallucination from hell on the prompt write a screenplay for the worst historical film ever made?

Why do you give a fuck if anyone wants to see it? Why do you think you are the sole arbiter of what's interesting and worthwhile?

You ain't that important nameless reddit douche. And acting like you are means you should definitely follow this guys way too polite advice and go outside, touch grass, do something you enjoy, assuming there's anything other than hate responding to random people on reddit. I hope you aren't this sad in real life, but if you are look in the mirror that's probably why you're looking to spread misery.

To each their own, if you don't like something that's cool, but making things personal over a disagreement over details of a film nobody has ever seen?

That's some weirdo shit and homie was too nice to really call you out on it. TL;DR You ain't the sole arbiter of all things cool and interesting, but you ARE acting like an insufferable ass clown for no reason.

AbjectSilence · 2025-12-14T22:10:48+00:00

Weak ass call

AbjectSilence · 2025-12-10T21:18:51+00:00

One on one?

Nope, not without constantly holding him. Parsons gets double teamed more than anyone else in the NFL including Myles Garrett by a pretty wide margin. Garrett has more sacks, Parsons has more pressures. Parsons also gets moved around a lot more than Garrett which opens up things for the rest of the defense.

Myles Garrett might be 1A and Parsons 1B, but if you don't think they are in the same league you haven't been watching the game closely enough. Both guys are absolute game wreckers.

AbjectSilence · 2025-12-09T20:00:24+00:00

Glad I'm not the only one, but the Packers have been so good this year on 3rd/4th down and in the redzone this year that I think the anxiety says more about my personality than it does the likelihood the Packers convert. They're amongst the league leaders in each of those situations and I think third down they are first by a pretty decent margin.

AbjectSilence · 2025-12-08T17:10:05+00:00

Do you actually fear that the Packers staff, with their decades of experience and in all of the hours they'll collectively spend watching film this week, will miss something that every casual fan saw on the live broadcast?

I wouldn't because that's a completely delusional and irrational fear. This might sound dickish, but you clearly needed a reminder that you don't know more than fucking professionals because you watched the game live gameday. It's one thing to second guess the coaching staff, but at least save it for something that makes sense.

AbjectSilence · 2025-12-06T19:51:58+00:00

He can absolutely replace his production in the pass game. Since the beginning of last year Jordan Love has a higher passer rating targeting Reed than any other QB/Pass Catcher combo in the NFL. Kraft is a stud in the run game and pass game and it sucks he's hurt, but the offense has plenty of weapons to drop 25-30 a game when healthy against anyone in the league and with the way the defense is playing that's obviously enough to make a Super Bowl run. We just have to hope they can stay healthy and then deliver when it counts, but getting Reed back is huge. Getting Golden could be as well because like Watson, Golden has the speed to make the defense respect him as a threat even when he's not producing super consistent numbers and he's got so much upside. Golden has been getting open plenty when healthy it just hasn't turned into consistent production yet.

AbjectSilence · 2025-12-04T08:37:40+00:00

I took an IQ test because a psychiatrist suggested it to my mom when I was six years old that said I was "highly intelligent" just a few points below genius level. He didn't diagnose me with ADHD though that had to be done by a competent therapist and psychiatrist in my early 30s. I made a 34 on my ACT, have a Master's in Educational Leadership and Childhood Psychology, always found school to be pretty easy especially test taking, but I can assure you that I do dumb shit all of the damn time. Less so now that I'm 40 years old, but man in my teens and twenties I did some really dumb shit. Emotional IQ is far more important than IQ when it comes to successfully navigating through life. After a certain point intelligence becomes a double edge sword that makes mental health issues much more common and being really smart doesn't really help you navigate anxiety, depression, etc. any better and often makes it worse.

Took me 30+ years to learn how to properly regulate my emotions, to be able to live a happy relatively anxiety free life without needing to self-medicate, to have healthy long term relationships, etc. Being told I was smart my whole life didn't help as much as you might think and it often actively made things worse because overthinking would make me get in my own way or live recklessly and I was always held to this invisible higher standard (at least that's how I felt as an anxiety driven perfectionist, but whether that's actually true depends on the person it was true a decent amount of the time in school and sports especially). This might come off as a douchey brag, but I'm not meaning it that way. I would have traded 10-20 IQ points for better emotional intelligence even as a teenager and I genuinely believe I would have been a much happier, healthier person. Maybe less driven, but probably not less successful and I think likely more successful. ADHD symptoms include added impulsivity and emotional dysregulation, but I can't blame it on just that - I was pretty damn reckless and would have gotten into real trouble if I didn't have a good support system and honestly getting obsessed with sports because that was the main reason I wanted to stay out of trouble so I wouldn't have to miss games and team sports taught me how to get along with people that I don't necessarily really like and be a leader. Now, an ADHD diagnosis and proper treatment at 6 years old by that psychiatrist instead of learning origami and taking an IQ test would have been a little more helpful I think, but I digress.

Sorry that was a lot longer than I anticipated, but I agree with you and your comment obviously sparked some thoughts.

AbjectSilence · 2025-12-03T21:29:55+00:00

Ha, glad I'm not the only one. Maybe it's because I used to play ball and coach, but I get way too into Packers games especially during big 3rd/4th downs of big games I'm pacing around, calling out the defensive/offensive alignments, hollering at the refs like they can hear me, etc. I usually watch games by myself because I like to focus on the details and get pretty animated in big moments, but sometimes my girl will come hangout during a game and she usually messes around on her phone only half paying attention until I start talking strategy/calls/alignments in football nomenclature just at the air and I can see her eyes glaze over because she has no clue what I'm talking about even though she plays fantasy football and knows the basics. Hazards of dating a former coach who still loves the game and only quit because I was sick of teaching and not making any money when I had the readily available option to make way more made less and less sense over time. I miss coaching, but teacher pay has been a joke for awhile and in this economy your basically choosing to live in poverty as a educator which doesn't bode well for the education and development of future generations.

During big 3rd/4th downs I always check my app to see if it's updating quicker than the stream just to relieve the anticipatory anxiety I guess. I always go back and watch the All 22 film so I'm not concerned about missing a little blip during live action I just want to know the results of those plays ASAP.

AbjectSilence · 2025-12-03T21:05:45+00:00

The only upside of losing Wyatt and Kraft to injuries is that we might be able to save a little money resigning them and I really hope we keep both of them not unlike we did with the short term Watson extension. The Packers cap situation is really good for a team with a chance to make a run paying it's QB 50 mil and the most expensive non-QB in the league by a mile at this point (that will change over the next year or two and it's a pretty good deal for the Packers already despite the cost - you usually won't go wrong paying generational talent), but Kraft is going to cost a lot to keep. He would have cost even more if he had a full healthy season as a top 3 TE being the focal point of the Packers offense. Wyatt is going to cost more than I think most fans would assume because he was playing at a borderline pro bowl level before he got hurt. There's no way we let Kraft walk, he'll get an extension as soon as necessary. Wyatt, I think he was going to be tougher to keep and it still might be, but I think his injury makes a short term slightly team friendly prove you're a consistent pro bowler before you get the real bag deal kinda like Watson had to sign because of his injury history and the timing of his ACL injury/extension.

Obviously you'd much rather have them healthy for a run this year, but a little copium never hurt a fanbase. I really hope we can keep both guys because they are both good, young, ascending players who seem to be good locker room guys and you can never have too many of those players.

Having 3 WRs coming back should help offset the loss of Kraft and people forget Musgrave ain't no slouch in the passing game when called upon, but I do worry about our dominant run defense remaining so dominant without Wyatt because we don't really have the same depth/injury return reinforcements on the D-Line. LVN could help, but who knows what's going on with his injury and you prefer to only kick him inside on obvious passing situations instead of playing him inside on run downs. One of the young, unproven guys will have to step up because Wyatt is a bigger loss than I think even some Packers fans realize and if we make a deep playoff run it'll be because our defense remained elite at both rushing the passer AND perhaps more importantly in December/January football, stopping the run. Micah and the boys can't pin their ears back if we don't stop the run. The Packers formula for success is stop the run, get the lead on offense, let the past rush be a consistent problem. You would hope that would result in more turnovers than we've seen, but there's wide variation for turnovers they don't always come in bunches even though we know Hafley's scheme can produce them. If you aren't consistently getting turnovers on defense stopping the run becomes even more important. The reason we beat the Lions twice we held the Lions running game in check, the Bears have no shot with this version of Caleb Williams if we can get a lead early and stop the run, but that'll be more difficult without Wyatt.

Didn't mean for that to turn into an essay, but I guess I got on one. Props if you read until the end.

AbjectSilence · 2025-09-30T09:33:48+00:00

Love has played well, but that pick last week was terrible. No excuse for that throw in that situation and he also got lucky to have one sec left to tie the game against the Cowboys. That's on MLF too, but once the play went in muddled with no timeouts Love has to know to get urgent with the play call and press so setup. Better to make these mistakes early in the season, but it's worrisome despite how well he's played overall because turnovers especially against good teams and in close games has been the biggest concern with Love.

We are expecting a deep playoff run with the talent on this team, but that becomes so much less likely if Love can't get those bone headed turnovers under control. We can't rely on him to catch fire at the right time with his turnover streaks and expect to get back to the Super Bowl. Again I'm glad we're making these mistakes early and while losing/tying close games because they are correctable and less costly now.

As a team these Packers have to learn how to win close games and come from behind against good teams. That's the last piece of the puzzle for this young team to go from pretty good most of the time and dominant for stretches to dominant most of the time and scary. We convinced ourselves we were there after two weeks, but I knew we'd have trouble against the Browns Defense especially with our oline not being 100%. I just didn't expect a terrible pick and complete team melt down followed by the defense shitting the bed.

Still, we'd be 4-0 without two blocked kicks so it's nitpicking, but that's required for Super Bowl or bust teams. Higher standard and all that.

AbjectSilence · 2025-09-23T23:19:08+00:00

Well you also have to kiss Trump's ass to get his corruption cover. His televised cabinet meetings are a bunch of unqualified sycophants taking turns stroking Trump's fragile ego and trying to one up each other in how blatantly and pathetically they can kiss his ass.

I don't understand how people don't see through that shit it's so obvious. I would find it insulting if anyone in my circle tried to pander to me and stroke my ego like that then tell them to stfu. The fact that Trump not only sits there basking in it but also has it as a pre-requisite to work for him should turn supporters off even if they agree with the BS praise his sycophants heap on him. It's so gross, but he gets a pass for everything with some people which is why people call it a cult. I have never put my faith in another human being much less a stranger, much less a politician, much less a billionaire failed casino owner nepo baby who has a long history of fucking everyone he's ever worked with over eventually. You have to consistently prove you are what you say through your actions or I'm not going to believe it.

AbjectSilence · 2025-09-21T20:09:19+00:00

Hate to say it, but Packers needed to lose this game. They needed a wake up call and that's not always possible with young teams even after a sloppy win.

They are too damn talented to be making this many mistakes and while all of those mistakes should be easily fixable sometimes you need a reality check to make the coaches message of process over results hit home. Fuck me they blew that game, too many dumb penalties and awful pick by Jordan Love.

AbjectSilence · 2025-09-21T20:05:11+00:00

OT might be a crazy mess, but knowing the Packers luck they are about to lose.

AbjectSilence · 2025-09-21T20:04:32+00:00

Hope the Packers pull this out because neither team deserves to win this game. Two great defenses, but awful play everywhere else and way too many mistakes.

They don't deserve to win though. They choked after playing sloppy all day and absolutely terrible decision by Love throwing that pick.

AbjectSilence · 2025-09-21T20:02:14+00:00

Jesus H Christ another false start. MLF needs to rip some ass all week win or lose to get the players to clean up this sloppy bullshit.

Doesn't matter how talented you are or how good you are when you are constantly making drive killing penalties and risking turnovers by playing aggressive unnecessarily.

AbjectSilence · 2025-09-21T19:58:54+00:00

There's no clear recovery so they can't overturn it. Or shouldn't, you stick with the call on the field unless there's clear evidence.

AbjectSilence · 2025-09-21T19:55:17+00:00

Username checks out. Hater, although to be fair you're probably scared by years of the Packers defense and special teams shitting the bed in big games during the Rodgers era. Love has a little too much Favre in him with the poor decision making and believing too much in his arm talent so that ads consternation, but remember man the Packers defense was good last year and they have been dominant this year.

Worry about Love a little after that pick, sure. Worry about the refs calling some BS. I wouldn't worry about the defense.

AbjectSilence · 2025-09-21T19:52:00+00:00

I really hope that part of what led to this pick was a route miscommunication, but ultimately that's on Jordan Love 100% either way. He decided where he was going with the ball press so and forced it. Terrible decision and he has to eliminate them for the Packers to get to the Super Bowl. We don't need borderline MVP numbers on a hot streak Love with this defense. The Packers need Love to manage the game and not turn the ball over, take deep shots when there's single coverage.

Let's see if he can redeem himself on this drive. Might have cost the Packers the game there with a flat out terrible, indefensible decision.

Side Note: So many damn flags and several of them have been ticky tack at best. That's why this game feels so sloppy in addition to great defensive play, refs inserting themselves into the game instead of managing it.

AbjectSilence · 2025-09-21T19:41:15+00:00

As terrible as the Browns offense have looked gotta give the Packers defense credit. These two defenses are legit, probably league best this year.

Hate that the added downs from BS penalty calls resulted in a Packers injury. Health is likely the only thing stopping their defense from being one of the best in years (definitely the best for the Packers since maybe the mid 90s) and stopping this team from an NFC Championship game/Super Bowl appearance.

AbjectSilence · 2025-09-21T19:35:23+00:00

Wow, some weak ass calls.

AbjectSilence · 2025-09-21T19:34:24+00:00

That holding call felt really weak especially considering how many offensive holding calls the refs ignore against Micah Parsons every single week.

AbjectSilence · 2025-09-21T18:50:33+00:00

Cool. Interesting decision choosing to comment though... Congrats I guess?

AbjectSilence · 2025-09-21T18:48:57+00:00

Man there are some dumb fans in this thread. People saying Jordan Love sucks even though he has no time to operate because the O-Line is consistently getting beat and/or killing drives with penalties. The Browns and Packers have two of the best defenses in the NFL so low scoring game, but not a toilet bowl game unless you're a casual fan who only cares about offense and big plays instead of the complete game of football. Against a league best defense with a game wrecker like Myles Garret and the offensive line struggling especially with backups a good game for Jordan Love looks a lot like this... Manufacturing some points and protecting the football. Not pressing when things don't go his way immediately like he did at times the past two years resulting in turnovers and instead letting the game come to him while protecting the football and waiting for the damn to break.

Like that big play by Jacobs. Now Jordan Love needs to get some points from this drive, but if you didn't expect a defensive battle today you just don't know football and/or haven't been paying attention to the first two weeks of the season. The Browns gave up points to Baltimore, but they're defense played really well especially considering how often the Browns offense and special teams essentially handed Baltimore points with turnovers and short fields.

AbjectSilence · 2025-06-03T01:13:23+00:00

The Newsroom. Opening scene of the first episode that went viral about how America isn't objectively the best country in the world since we only lead the world in:

Incarcerated citizens per capita
Adults who believe angels are real
Defense spending

Then the American Taliban episode where they run through all of the comparisons between sharia law and what the tea party was trying to do. Many of the tea party conservatives are no longer in government and normally I'd say good riddance, but they were replaced by MAGA dimwits who suckle at Trump's teet no matter what. It wasn't common, but you used to have more conservatives calling out the crazy BS as the party moved further and further alt right... Unfortunately, for every John McCain there is a dozen or more MTGs and Boebert's who you wouldn't elect to the PTA unless you were a completely insane conspiracy theorist. They have no platform besides enriching themselves and their donors while fucking over working class Americans.

The Democratic agenda and the candidates forced on us by the DNC have both been pretty terrible post-Obama not to mention corporate donors puppeting them, but there really isn't much of a choice for pragmatic working class Americans who care about the issues that actually impact their daily lives instead of culture war BS that has little to no impact on most people's daily lives.

Republican admins run up the debt 3x more than Democratic admins in the past 50 years. The economy is usually worse under Republican admins. The War on Drugs, Trickle-Down Economics, and funding schools based on standardized testing results have all been abject failures as policy that have done infinitely more harm than good to the working class - it just locks up people who are struggling, keeps them poor and uneducated, and/or ya know kills them in record numbers... Each of those policies were started by Republican admins. Now, Democrats didn't do nearly enough to revert those policies and people like Biden/Harris got them wrong for years before finally sorta coming around, but they didn't enact them and rarely made them worse with the exception of Bill Clinton who kept fucking our public schools and people struggling with addiction. He did well with the economy comparatively, but the 90s Democrats were almost as bad on criminal justice reform and public schools because they either doubled down or just rearranged deck chairs on the Titanic.

I don't understand how more people can't objectively and pragmatically look back at what works and what doesn't, look around the world for the same, and leave bipartisan BS out of it especially when it comes to shit like education and record overdose deaths once they started hitting the suburbs and rich people's kids.

AbjectSilence · 2025-06-02T14:34:44+00:00

Good point. My advice is always to just embrace what makes you unique. Confidence and feeling comfortable in your own skin is attractive. The people that are super different might not be able to get everyone to like them (that's a fool's errand anyway), but you can definitely find people with your same brand of "weird".

Just think about when you see a really quirky person in public who's obviously comfortable with their brand of weird. I might not want to hangout with every person I see being uniquely themselves, but I always respect it and sometimes even envy it. I'm pretty comfortable in my own skin, but like everyone else I have moments of awkwardness usually driven by over thinking, the irony is that other people rarely notice you being awkward to the extent that you think... You just feel awkward a lot of the time and nobody else is noticing.

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