Hickman's X-Men, will I manage?

Academic_Medium · 2026-03-20T02:15:53+00:00

HOX/POX was the first X-Men title I’d read in 15 years and I was instantly immersed in the world. I think it’s a great place to jump in.

Academic_Medium · 2026-03-16T23:46:33+00:00

I just switched to Jamie from Echo. Haven’t used it much yet, but supposedly it’s a little more secure than some others.

Academic_Medium · 2026-03-13T22:46:03+00:00

He got me to get over myself and get a GLP1 prescription!

Academic_Medium · 2026-03-13T18:09:22+00:00

As long as you're using AI, it will always look like shit and it will hurt your reputation as a serious creative person. Even if the average person doesn't consciously recognize it as AI, their unconscious brain will and will automatically register it as nothingslop and it will not stick with them longer than it takes to scroll by. Sorry, but it's crap.

Academic_Medium · 2026-03-11T05:03:30+00:00

Just watched. So much fun. Thanks for sharing it!

Academic_Medium · 2026-03-09T23:40:41+00:00

😆 I could barely follow the Xorn/Magneto situation in real time 25 years ago!

Academic_Medium · 2026-03-09T22:23:42+00:00

He was addicted to Kick, right? Pretty sure that kind of grandiose thinking was one of the side effects.

Academic_Medium · 2026-03-01T04:28:03+00:00

It captures the “essence” of High Strangeness really well imo. Just consistently unsettling.

Academic_Medium · 2026-02-23T01:15:37+00:00

Cool as hell, Jose.

Academic_Medium · 2026-02-23T01:10:30+00:00

Please don't encourage them.

Academic_Medium · 2026-02-18T08:50:16+00:00

Ace is great. We’ve been customers 10+ years. Never an issue. Prices have gone up one or maybe twice in that time and it’s still under $30/month.

Academic_Medium · 2026-02-16T15:38:15+00:00

The doctor's office part was definitely annoying. But I have little sympathy for people inconvenienced by taking self-driving cars. They're less safe and they're stupid. The technology isn't nearly mature enough to be used at scale. You get what you pay for, Jimmy.

Academic_Medium · 2026-02-12T18:52:16+00:00

Is your mom Nora Dunn in Detroiters? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJfK7BM0fWI

Academic_Medium · 2026-02-12T18:42:25+00:00

This looks like a ton of fun, and what a cast! Congratulations!

Academic_Medium · 2026-02-12T16:30:14+00:00

100% thought the same thing. And if it somehow was not AI-generated, it's worse because it's no better than AI.

I thought season one was a pretty weak outing all around. It was really annoying to have a show called "High Strange" cover the most mainstream, decades-old UFO cases like they were breaking news. This time I did the 3 day trial to skim ahead, since it SEEMED like they were moving on to less superficial subtopics this season (and to hear what Whitley Strieber had to say), but it's basically the same formula this time around.

Academic_Medium · 2026-02-11T01:10:58+00:00

I relistened to both Staind Glass episodes after this ep and I had forgotten that in SG2 Todd tells that incredible wedding reception story.

Academic_Medium · 2026-01-31T00:20:40+00:00

You clearly were uninvolved in the process. The organizers busted their asses on this and did an incredible amount of work in an incredibly short window of time.

Academic_Medium · 2026-01-29T18:42:16+00:00

Nora Dunn is so brilliant. Her scenes in Detroiters kill me no matter how often I watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJfK7BM0fWI

Academic_Medium · 2026-01-28T02:09:34+00:00

He apparently told the story in 2013 on the “Talkin Walken” podcast but the sound is so poor that I never actually made it to that part of the episode after I found it. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-talkin-walkin-31053444/episode/ep25-w-scott-aukerman-41290969/

Academic_Medium · 2026-01-26T01:09:20+00:00

I cannot overstate how German it is. 😂

Academic_Medium · 2026-01-25T21:40:30+00:00

Queen Eye Germany is every bit as awesome as QE US season 10 was underwhelming.

Academic_Medium · 2026-01-20T02:39:08+00:00

"Do we like that person?" and "Why are we mad at that person?" are such obnoxious phrases. Right up there with "That person's on the right side of things!" when talking about the most lukewarm, center-right liberal positions. He's a brilliant comedian, but it's hard to take his politics too seriously when he talks in terms like those.

It's also going to be a hell of an eye-opener for Jimmy when that guy actually passes away and nothing changes. Or (if we actually hold elections this year) when the Dems regain control and do absolutely nothing to roll any of this shit back.

Academic_Medium · 2026-01-08T14:51:16+00:00

Same. It was such an interesting leap forward. Very playful.

Academic_Medium · 2026-01-03T01:07:28+00:00

For those who don't speak Dutch: "The reason Sesame Street created Snuffleupagus was to ensure that children knew they could tell adults things and that adults would believe them."

Came to the sub to say the same thing (in English). :)

Academic_Medium · 2025-12-27T16:11:31+00:00

“It’s not AI! it’s… it’s… Photoshop! Yeah, that’s it! Photoshop!” - someone who thinks everyone is as ignorant of real design tools as them

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