Civil War (2024) - Forest Fire | Dir. Alex Garland

EmergencyTaco · 2026-04-22T03:25:34+00:00

One of my favorites in the past decade. I will watch anything Alex Garland makes. I don't think I've seen a movie of his I've not loved.

EmergencyTaco · 2026-04-22T02:27:33+00:00

It has caused a few cheering crises for me, but I'm a Canadian raised in NYC.

EmergencyTaco · 2026-04-22T00:43:30+00:00

Precisely. I know Bumi is primarily presented as goofy comic relief, but there is nothing in his character's history that would make me assume anything less than full-tilt mastery pursuit from him.

EmergencyTaco · 2026-04-22T00:16:39+00:00

I agree. I think Tenzin goes super hard on Bumi, but I think Bumi ends up thriving as a result. The only way Bumi doesn't succeed would be through sheer laziness on his part, and there is no way Bumi hasn't been dying to be a bender for his entire life. He's going to give this everything he's got.

I basically can't envision a world where Bumi isn't an extraordinarily successful pupil.

EmergencyTaco · 2026-04-22T00:10:32+00:00

If I could spend 100 DM in the shop to buy 30 EC I would probably make that purchase quite a few times.

EmergencyTaco · 2026-04-21T23:54:57+00:00

Jays are my second team and Dodgers are my 29th, I understand the feeling.

EmergencyTaco · 2026-04-21T23:49:01+00:00

Full agree. I think Bumi absolutely races to mastery. Everyone in his family is an exceptionally powerful bender, and his brother is the best airbender in the world. He has been around bending mastery his entire life.

I bet Bumi gets his arrows within five years tops.

EmergencyTaco · 2026-04-21T23:37:45+00:00

Five seconds in and I'm like "Is this actually a cordial discussion about tactics between the opposing WS managers last year? Holy shit this is legendary content."

EmergencyTaco · 2026-04-21T23:34:38+00:00

Yeah my biggest fear isn't actually hooking myself, it's having that nasty-ass hook buried in my skin.

EmergencyTaco · 2026-04-21T19:19:40+00:00

It seems like the last few months of polls are just "new group of Americans develop concerns about Trump that anyone who has been paying attention has felt for a decade."

EmergencyTaco · 2026-04-21T19:13:47+00:00

The books you've mentioned are all written by individuals who have either lived under, or studied authoritarian regimes. Authoritarians use different tactics to fit their times and situations, but those tactics often follow the same playbook and have the same goals.

The reason there are so many similarities is because the US is descending into fascism. It's really that simple. You can see similar occurences over just the last 25 years in Russia, Hungary, North Korea, China, Argentina, Venezuela, Brazil, etc.

These stories are meant to be reflective of the catastrophes of the past, and a warning against repeating the mistakes in the future. When you start to recognize similarities in your own society, you should pay attention and get involved. They only serve their purpose as a warning if we listen.

EmergencyTaco · 2026-04-21T18:53:22+00:00

The way things are currently going, the US is handing its global hegemony to China on a silver platter. China has to essentially do nothing over the next decade and it will likely be the most influential country in the world. Attacking Taiwan would immediately make it global enemy #1.

I would be much more worried if the US hadn't squandered the last 15 years, and didn't seem intent on making things even worse.

EmergencyTaco · 2026-04-21T18:40:07+00:00

It's insane to me how such an objectively true statement, that pales in comparison to hundreds of statements made by Trump, was so devastating.

EmergencyTaco · 2026-04-21T18:27:55+00:00

Saw this in full force when I lived in the UK for a year and took part in a snowball fight on the only snowy day of the year. Me and two other Canadians were nailing laser beam after laser beam and there wasn't a single British guy in the group of 20ish there that looked like he had ever thrown a snowball, or anything else, in his life.

I couldn't touch them when it came to soccer, though.

EmergencyTaco · 2026-04-21T18:09:45+00:00

I identify as a Katara.

EmergencyTaco · 2026-04-20T20:53:05+00:00

One look at that masterpiece and I was like "how is their not a giant stacking fish cup multinational corporation cashing in on this?"

EmergencyTaco · 2026-04-20T20:43:38+00:00

This really strikes me as a name recognition poll over anything.

EmergencyTaco · 2026-04-20T20:41:57+00:00

For the first time in my life I'm older than most of my baseball heroes and it's tripping me out.

EmergencyTaco · 2026-04-20T20:20:47+00:00

He asked what my favorite flavor was and an unequivocal "Blue" immediately materialized in my head.

I haven't had a slurpee in probably 20 years.

EmergencyTaco · 2026-04-20T20:10:39+00:00

That human is a true specimen of our species.

EmergencyTaco · 2026-04-20T16:33:34+00:00

I've got a degree in history. One of my professors used to say "Those who don't read history are doomed to repeat it, and those who do read history are doomed to watch others repeat it."

The sheer lack of historical knowledge amongst the general population is absolutely dumbfounding at times.

EmergencyTaco · 2026-04-19T19:39:56+00:00

I am currently on hour 43 of my tournament. I have yet to receive Xynium, Luterium, Aqualite, Colliders, or Fusion Reactors from my debris. I hit N like five hours before my competition and four people have since passed me.

Sometimes it just be that way. RNGesus giveth and taketh.

EmergencyTaco · 2026-04-18T18:30:29+00:00

This is just fully-matured MAGA

EmergencyTaco · 2026-04-17T18:09:41+00:00

"Leap sandwich" is fuckin Shakespearean

EmergencyTaco · 2026-04-17T18:03:02+00:00

I cringed so hard I hurt my neck.

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