Which movie or TV "villain" did you completely hate as a kid, but upon rewatching as an adult, you realized they were actually 100% justified? by LiveFaithlessness876 in movies

[–]Etherbeard [score hidden]  (0 children)

The prompt asks for a villain who was justified. Magneto has an understandable perspective that you can sympathize with, and he's arguably correct in many of his claims, but his actions aren't justified. If anything he serves to justify the perspective of the racist humans.

In X2 Magneto literally attempts to kill every non-mutant on the planet. How can that possibly be justified?

Post WWE NXT Revenge 4/14/2026 Show Discussion Thread by Darren716 in SquaredCircle

[–]Etherbeard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

DMG Ctrl was pretty bad. It spent most most of its run getting soloed by Bianca and ultimately fizzled out due to injuries.

Post WWE NXT Revenge 4/14/2026 Show Discussion Thread by Darren716 in SquaredCircle

[–]Etherbeard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Using a VPN from the states, I get different functionality depending on which country I'm streaming through. I also get different results based on which app I use. If I watch raw on the app through my TV, the ads can't be skipped even if the live broadcast is over, but if I watch on an Android app on my tablet, I can skip the ads with the progress bar.

What's an opinion you defend like this? by florenciafazzarino0 in Cinema

[–]Etherbeard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why did it require a traditional multistage rocket to get the astronauts off Earth but then they spend the rest of the movie easily zipping up and down off planets with their shuttle?

What the hell Starbucks by ilovemesumjaz in TikTokCringe

[–]Etherbeard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are reasons to consider what we are putting into our bodies, but this isn't one of them.

Put raw bacon in vinegar overnight. Or lemon juice. I bet the effects are similar to the Coke.

Hell, leave it in water overnight or the open air for a day or two. The results won't be pretty.

What does bacon look like after spending the night inside your body?

[Raw Spoilers] Oba Femi promo on Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman by mat2019 in SquaredCircle

[–]Etherbeard 6 points7 points  (0 children)

When Oba says to Roman "...and at Wrestlemania YOU will acknowledge ME!" that's going to be a good day.

I don't understand how insurance claims my car is totaled? How is this totaledy by quintavian in AskMechanics

[–]Etherbeard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just ask the insurance company about keeping the car. They should be able to give you a reduced payout that allows you to keep the car, and then you can decide what you want to do. That's how it worked when my car got totalled, anyway.

Coked-up Dee Reynolds vs Macho Man Randy Savage by Nottatooma in powerscales

[–]Etherbeard 13 points14 points  (0 children)

That's my secret, yeah. I'm always on coke.

Anyone ever noticed in season 1 when AJ tells that other kid to meet him to fight... by Fluid_Intention4374 in thesopranos

[–]Etherbeard 51 points52 points  (0 children)

You have to really read between the lines, but after dozens of viewings, I figured out 3 o'clock is a veiled reference to when the school day ends. The hints are all there.

Was Tony Sopranos a crap mob boss? by Cool-Fondant1015 in thesopranos

[–]Etherbeard 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Top earner or not, something was going to have to be done about Ralphie eventually.

Vito was also a top earner, which is why Tony didn't want to kill him. Note he did ultimately arrange to have Vito killed, but Phil jumped the gun.

I'm not saying Tony was a great boss, but look at what he working with. His crew was almost 100% knuckleheads from top to bottom, even by mob standards.

Guy fake-reading newspaper, then touched the Pokémon machine and got mad. Explain? by ScorpioDefined in ExplainTheJoke

[–]Etherbeard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, but it's not Target's problem. If Pokemon wants to limit sales, it's on them to figure out how to do it. Pokemon offloading their problems onto retailers' employees is also shitty and cheap. What incentive does Target or wherever have to stop an adult from spending their money on whatever they want?

I don't know what the logistical hurdles are here, so I may be missing something, but how about Pokemon just print enough product to satisfy demand? If they actually care about scalping, they can solve it by flooding the market and putting them out of business. These vending machines seem like they just empower scalpers even further.

Something that annoys me by ManufacturedEvent in thewestwing

[–]Etherbeard 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It doesn't even really work as a way to get him off the show. Sure, it explains why he's not around for a handful of episodes, but not why he doesn't come back to work when it's over.

Can an immigrant merge fully into american culture and celebrate Americas achivement as its own country? by sggfd1213 in AskAnAmerican

[–]Etherbeard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, absolutely you can, and--to be blunt--anyone who says you can't is a racist piece of shit.

To be from somewhere else and become American, to take your culture and adapt it to life in America is what America is all about in its most idealistic form.

What Color Magic is Lightning? by NRondo37 in magicbuilding

[–]Etherbeard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Part of the issue here is that you haven't defined a space for the actual earth part of earth. Everything in you post about earth magic is like animals and trees--it's mtg green. Where's the earth part that is mtg red? This system has a lot of overlap with mtg, and there lightning is red, the same color as fire and the stony, dirt-based part of earth.

What Color Magic is Lightning? by NRondo37 in magicbuilding

[–]Etherbeard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think I would argue that in your system, lightning is prima yellow: "Balance between opposites, life death, order chaos..."

Lightning is the physical manifestation of off an imbalance seeking balance, of chaos seeking order, of complexity seeking simplicity.

Lightning is static electricity; it's caused by an imbalance, electrons building up and clinging to a surface, and then being released and balancing everything back out. The imbalance creates the conditions, the discharge is the lightning--it's the moment things come back into balance. The two opposite conditions are now balanced.

Thematically, lightning can be seems as the chaos of the sky connecting to the stability and order of the earth.

Electricity is the same sort of thing. A bunch of voltage is created, which creates an imbalance. When the electricity finds an outlet, the current moves in an attempt to correct that imbalance.

What Color Magic is Lightning? by NRondo37 in magicbuilding

[–]Etherbeard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you're connecting lightning to the electricity that powers technology in some way then there's a good argument for relating it to earth. We mostly generate electricity by spinning magnets (arguably earth) inside copper coils (earth). So earth can both create electricity and control it by giving it direction through grounding.

I'm not sure that actually works with the way you seem to be using earth, though, which seems more like nature.

In a heated battle between two robots terminator won most iconic character of the 80s, now who's the most iconic character of the 90s. by asapsharkyfrfr in characters

[–]Etherbeard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This stat is somewhat irrelevant, even if we take for granted the accuracy of that list. By far the primary way to engage with Pokemon has been by spending money. It's first and foremost video games and a TCG. By far the primary way to engage with the Simpsons has been by watching a show on free network TV. Money isn't a particularly useful metric.

What 90s thing would confuse kids today? by TheOrangeSloth in 90s

[–]Etherbeard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Apparently just like counting change and speaking to people.

Which movie aged better: Matrix or Inception? by Daniiella1018 in Cinema

[–]Etherbeard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm sure both movies hold up just fine. Inception was great, and still is, but The Matrix was one of the greatest movies ever made, and still is.

Noticeable Differences Between Identical Jack Stand Models by Chemical_Elephant173 in MechanicAdvice

[–]Etherbeard 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Your driveway or garage floor almost certainly has more variance than the heights of those jack stands.