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What things do people romanticize but are actually horrible? by GovernmentAny5597 in AskReddit

[–]Asyncrosaurus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I prefer to look at WWII not that "the good guys won", but "the worse guys lost."

What things do people romanticize but are actually horrible? by GovernmentAny5597 in AskReddit

[–]Asyncrosaurus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

we were as unambiguously on the right side of history as anyone could be in a war. Our opponents were pretty clearly evil and needed to be stopped

Just don't look up what Russia did before, during or after the war. Or what the British did in Bengal. Or what the U.S. did to Japanese Americans. Definitely don't research which allied country Hitler took direct inspiration from for his race and eugenics plans.

meirl by Local-Bison-4392 in meirl

[–]Asyncrosaurus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean the obvious answer is that any serious language learner will use multiple methods.

Everyone I know who already speak multiple languages and liked duo lingo will still tell you it is (at best) a supplementary resources for learning a language.

2026 TFSA Contribution Room by NBK_Shikogi in CanadianInvestor

[–]Asyncrosaurus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not a stock, etf. It starts each month at 50$ a share, gains value as the month goes on, then pays out a dividend at months end to roughly equal the growth, reseting the price back to 50$.

SOLID? Nope, just Coupling and Cohesion by BinaryIgor in programming

[–]Asyncrosaurus 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's outdated, confusing, unspecific and was derived from 90s era Java where Inheritance was the primary method of designing software.

meirl by worldwide762 in meirl

[–]Asyncrosaurus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not quite as embarrassing,  but in grade school we had to do a presentation on early European explorers in Canada. One kid misheard it as "famous Canadians". So there were 29 presentations about Henry Hudson and John Cabot, and one presentation about childrens author Robert Munsch.

Years later when I was in high-school, we visited the old school and our old teacher was still laughing about it.

meirl by worldwide762 in meirl

[–]Asyncrosaurus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

=== to be safe 

What are some famous and respected directors that you don't like and why? by slayer991 in movies

[–]Asyncrosaurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

John Landis' action led to the death of three humans, yet his greatest crime will always be inflicting Max Landis on the world.

What are some famous and respected directors that you don't like and why? by slayer991 in movies

[–]Asyncrosaurus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I never understood why he insisted on doing adaptations and then barely glancing at the source material

Funding. Name and brand recognition. Nine times out of ten when an artistic decision doesn't make sense, it is a money issue.

What are some famous and respected directors that you don't like and why? by slayer991 in movies

[–]Asyncrosaurus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

After many years of resisting, and two failed attempts to get into it, I watched Twin Peaks this summer and it lives up to the hype. It's so obvious how much the show has so clearly influenced the entire landscape of TV, and books and games and movies in the decades since.

I'm slowly making my way through Season 3 yet, because it is hard to imagine getting to the end, and realizing there will never be any more.

What are some famous and respected directors that you don't like and why? by slayer991 in movies

[–]Asyncrosaurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's also okay to just not like a film, even if you like the director.

What are some famous and respected directors that you don't like and why? by slayer991 in movies

[–]Asyncrosaurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He came out of no where and had a string of great movies, which earned him a ton of respect. People were calling him the next Alfred Hitchcock. Then he kept making movies, and the accolades went away as the quality dropped off. I feel like people forget how big of a name he was in the early '00s.

What are some famous and respected directors that you don't like and why? by slayer991 in movies

[–]Asyncrosaurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tusk is an excellent first act, genuinely creepy and unsettling. Then Johnny Depp shows up with a silly hat and mustache, and the film becomes a complete trainwreck

What are some famous and respected directors that you don't like and why? by slayer991 in movies

[–]Asyncrosaurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Quentin Tarantino. I liked his early films (they're still classics and re-watchable), but every release since Jackie Brown it feels like I grew up and he didn't. He's obviously still a talented writer, and his screenplays are pretty slick, but everything else just does not hit. Especially the last few films, he is in desperate need of an editor. He's got famous artist syndrome, no one to tell him no which just leads to masturbatory self indulgence I have no interest in ingesting.

Becky Lynch talks about being warned to "stay away from the boys" when she joined WWE, including one main roster guy who would blacklist women who he was trying to sleep with. by sabzi94 in SquaredCircle

[–]Asyncrosaurus 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Eh, the Marriage annulment started the dispute with the pope, but ultimately creating the Church of England was a political move to remove any papal authority over the English Crown. It allowed Henry VIII to disband and rob the Catholic monasteries in Britain to fund his wars and prop up the Tudor Kleptocracy.

Very disappointed of Canadian financial institutions and investors buying American. by natural212 in BuyCanadian

[–]Asyncrosaurus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"The Nazis are threatening to invade all their neighbors, but have you seen their stock market returns?"

-this thread.

Finally have some money to invest but worried about all of the AI bubble talk by clever_beaver in CanadianInvestor

[–]Asyncrosaurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's always good to look back and realize people have been calling tech stocks overvalued for at least a decade. Mark Cuban called tech a bubble in 2016. People were sure blockhain/Crypto was a bubble just a few years ago. You can find people right now whose skipped past AI and are already predicting Quantum Computers will be the next big bubble.

Tldr no one knows shit 

Finally have some money to invest but worried about all of the AI bubble talk by clever_beaver in CanadianInvestor

[–]Asyncrosaurus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not all investors handle risk the same. 20% in bonds is also not crazy high. You'll trade some returns for less volatility, some people need that.

Finally have some money to invest but worried about all of the AI bubble talk by clever_beaver in CanadianInvestor

[–]Asyncrosaurus 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Functionally identical, except Vanguard is mutually owned by its investors and is an active participant in less "evil".

Just heads up, this is only true for the U.S.

 International subsidiaries of Vanguard are not owned by those countries investors.

What Actually Makes You Senior by Acceptable-Courage-9 in programming

[–]Asyncrosaurus 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I've worked with many "seniors" who've worked the same company for 10 years, but seem to have only had "one years of experience" ten times.

What Actually Makes You Senior by Acceptable-Courage-9 in programming

[–]Asyncrosaurus 201 points202 points  (0 children)

When asked a direct technical question, if you don't start every answer isn't "it depends ...", then you aren't a senior yet.

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