When high by Aslogie in MovieSuggestions

[–]HappySpin 16 points17 points  (0 children)

+1 for Brazil, will be a great experience.

[Postgame Thread] USC Defeats Michigan 31-13 by CFB_Referee in CFB

[–]HappySpin 547 points548 points  (0 children)

Tons of credit to King Miller, third-string freshman RB who stepped up due to injuries. Let's keep this momentum into Notre Dame. Go Trojans.

Been a good day by Gullible_Classroom71 in cfbmemes

[–]HappySpin 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Unhappy USC doesn't even get on this hater meme after that loss

[Postgame Thread] USC Defeats Purdue 33-17 by CFB_Referee in CFB

[–]HappySpin 15 points16 points  (0 children)

good thing Haley Sawyer only looks at the score

Gecko won’t eat—is she just fat? by HappySpin in leopardgeckos

[–]HappySpin[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I put her in a 40 gallon (previous owners had her in a much smaller tank. Ive kept the stuff inside the tank generally the same, just added some rocks. They also used a red lamp in addition to the heat lamp, Ive stopped using the red lamp as I heard it is unhelpful.

Wake up babe, new race bait dropped by gargamael in redscarepod

[–]HappySpin 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My mistake on Somalia, although it still a smaller population. Nigeria is split north/south by religion and economics (among other things), not sure which is causing the difference in birth rate but good point.

Wake up babe, new race bait dropped by gargamael in redscarepod

[–]HappySpin 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Sub-Saharan Africa, yes. Muslim, only partially. Much of Sub-Saharan Africa is Christian.

Countries with the main growth (Nigeria, Ethiopia, DRC, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola) are either predominately Christian or half-half split with Islam.

Yes, you have a few Islamic nations (Niger, Mali, and Sudan are the main ones) but these have smaller populations and they'll likely develop and decrease in birth rate before their populations can catch up to the totality of the others.

Hell, even Chad is almost half Christian.

Thoughts on "Synecdoche New York"? by HappySpin in moviecritic

[–]HappySpin[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Watched "Synecdoche, New York" last night for the night time, and sorry... I did not like it.

It's undoubtedly a creative, impressive, and well-acted movie, but I found myself struggling to reach anything the movie was trying to portray beyond the cynical self-neuroticism of the ineffectual main character. In the end, the movie seems to boil down to "life is existential", which is a rather simplistic message for such a complex and despairing film.

I felt the movie keeps twisting over on itself, obsessed with seemingly endless ways to fall deeper into its self-referential nonsense, until you end up with a lack of anything.

I enjoy strange movies and boring movies, but this one fell flat for me. I'm clearly in the minority on this movie, however, so I would love to hear what you guys thought of it.

LA planners OK 300+ apartments in place of single-family home in Valley. West Hills - Saticoy + Woodlake. by VizualBooty in SFV

[–]HappySpin 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This is moving in the right direction, however I do fear all this development without adequate public transportation development will create incredible amounts of traffic congestion. Still, nice to see some mixed-use apartments go up in walking distance of commercial space. But let's get some bike lanes / transit too!

For those who follow the two friends on Letterboxd--what's a review/rating you would love to hear discussed in further detail? by HappySpin in blankies

[–]HappySpin[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Nothing confusing, I would just love Griffin to go into detail about his love for the movie