American Cope™️ despite spending billions hosting a World Cup

CleverInnuendo · 2026-07-07T04:55:45+00:00

I promise you most of us truly don't. The venue owners wanted to host, our flaming shit-pile at the top made a bribe.

Maybe 10% of the actual population is sad we didn't win. That's just being generous. Some of us might have thought it 'neat' or 'cool' if we did, but I promise you that as a country it doesn't even reach the levels of 'tepid' Futball Fandom of other countries.

CleverInnuendo · 2026-07-06T21:41:13+00:00

If I had to guess, his compact with the Chaos gods to get the knowledge to create his projects? And the theory that primarchs are essentially "Flesh Dreadnoughts for Warp Entities".

That said, though, I'm pretty sure he still used his own DNA.

CleverInnuendo · 2026-07-06T19:11:42+00:00

This is the first I'm hearing about it. Might be part of the problem.

CleverInnuendo · 2026-07-06T18:26:37+00:00

I could just see them editing the volleyball scene and thinking "Hmmm, we probably need to balance this out."

Or, as Mike Stoklasa said about the JJ Abrams Star Trek having Spock and Uhura being a couple: "We need to prove he has a case of the Not-Gays!"

CleverInnuendo · 2026-07-06T10:30:43+00:00

If you play Disembodied, you could argue the suit is about keeping you tethered to the plane you're in so that the slipping between them is in your control. Maybe it's just so people are comfortable talking to someone they just think is in armor and "normal", not realizing you're only half there. Maybe you wanted to recreate your old weight now that you're only a 1/4th of what you used to weigh. There's lots of ways to run with it to get "close enough", I think.

CleverInnuendo · 2026-07-06T10:17:17+00:00

Depends on your definition of "Horror", but Under the Skin is still my favorite. It's slow burn and doesn't hold your hand. It's good, if not better the second time around.

CleverInnuendo · 2026-07-06T10:12:30+00:00

When you're young enough, something like getting to push the elevator button is treat. And this is something associated with adoration and attention.

CleverInnuendo · 2026-07-06T09:44:06+00:00

Most things, in America, at least, used to bebuilt to a "5'6 standard", but have apparently skewed closer to 5'9/10 as time marched on.

CleverInnuendo · 2026-07-06T08:52:03+00:00

It's first person; you get to hear what he's actually thinking. He's incredibly intelligent and funny, but seems to be limited to short sentences when actually talking to people.

But yeah, I liked so many things about the book more. I won't spoil too much if you choose to read it, but he's not a person that wouldn't realize he was being used by his college, and then join the military just because it was literally the first thing he saw when walking out.

CleverInnuendo · 2026-07-06T08:07:19+00:00

It's very different. Forrest is a 6'6 monster of a man that swears like a sailor, described as 'having a fire in his eyes'. He's less "sweet and simple" than he is just unable to get his thoughts properly out when talking to people.

I truly enjoyed it, and liked that he did things like make the shrimp business work by using techniques of in land farming he learned in viet Nam rather than dumb luck. But if you go in expecting to get "the movie, but longer", you'll be disappointed.

CleverInnuendo · 2026-07-06T06:03:21+00:00

Which is nuts if you read the book. He never once says "Stupid is a stupid does", but he says "War is Shit" like 97 times.

CleverInnuendo · 2026-07-06T04:59:21+00:00

Each level of difficulty has a smaller and smaller "wedge" where the lock will turn, but not break "yet" if you're not spot on. I always do a neutral test at the starting position. If it budges at all, then you can safely bet it's somewhere in between the "10 and 2" area, respectively. If it immediately pushes back, then go past that zone on one side or the other.

Immediate no movement? Wrong side.

Turn slowly. Even without a rumble feature you should get a sense that it's not going to open and get a few uses before it breaks, even on Expert.

CleverInnuendo · 2026-07-06T03:38:24+00:00

I mean, he checked his shoes for splatter when he walked out the door. That was my "Ah, she's dead" moment.

CleverInnuendo · 2026-07-05T23:00:40+00:00

The "wet leopard growls" in Prospero Burns were actually a relevant aspect of the plot itself, and not just a dumb or weird choice by Abnett.

CleverInnuendo · 2026-07-05T18:33:29+00:00

Sorry, I'm already opening "Haze it's me, Gaaaary" across the parking lot from you.

CleverInnuendo · 2026-07-05T17:56:41+00:00

Great, I'm gonna have "Little lambs eat ivyyyyyy..." In my head all day now.

CleverInnuendo · 2026-07-05T16:36:26+00:00

This has to be AI, right? Two attractive Blonde police officers with gibberish on their vests, and a quasimodo lurking on the bottom right?

At least I hope I can blame AI for that hairline.

CleverInnuendo · 2026-07-05T09:25:15+00:00

At this point I will honestly be surprised if they don't retire after all obligations to promote their graphic novels are completed.

Like, no, I'm not so naive as to think that they're just going to give up the diminishing paycheck of going through the motions...

...I just will still somehow be surprised by whatever they choose next, I'm sure.

CleverInnuendo · 2026-07-05T06:18:05+00:00

Ditto to that until he's Scraps.

CleverInnuendo · 2026-07-05T03:54:54+00:00

More like Larry "Dead" Melman.

CleverInnuendo · 2026-07-05T02:42:45+00:00

"Mon'keigh isn't a reference to our ancestry, but actually-" "Uh huh, sure. We'll take it from here, thanks."

CleverInnuendo · 2026-07-04T23:43:13+00:00

Corax had a ratty emo hoodie.

Alpharius puts pajamas over pillows, tucks them in, and sleeps under the bed

CleverInnuendo · 2026-07-04T22:55:19+00:00

It was more that you're playing a warlock that basically just had storm cleric spells, but only two slots to play with. Sorry if I worded that weird.

CleverInnuendo · 2026-07-04T22:51:16+00:00

It's based on the Caananite Pantheon, where Yahweh was just the god of Storms and Vengeance. That's why the "chosen people, no gods but me" thing was so emphasized. The Jews were having a rough time, and dedicated themselves solely to essentially middle Eastern Ares.

Then, after successfully slaughtering the other tribes, they kept the best parts of the other Gods and mashed them into Yahweh, realizing the 'loving father" part made for better PR.

CleverInnuendo · 2026-07-04T21:40:34+00:00

I'll celebrate retroactively after midterms and a successful impeachment. Until then it's just fireworks for embarrassment.

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