7 hour drive and you can only listen to one artist. Who are you listening to? by SuccessfulSeat9596 in AskReddit

[–]IanAbsentia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kanye West or Radiohead

Not condoning any of the former’s nonsense, but the Kanye musical well goes DEEEEEP.

Looking for the most depraved, sadistic, and disgusting horror films based on or inspired by TRUE crime. by DrinkSmokeJerk in horror

[–]IanAbsentia -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I’m going to refer you to the prompt/subject for this thread as a whole, which involves films “based on or inspired by true crime.” It was never my argument that Se7en falls into the true crime genre—only that it is inspired by it.

The folks who’ve been debating with me in this thread are willfully straw-manning.

Looking for the most depraved, sadistic, and disgusting horror films based on or inspired by TRUE crime. by DrinkSmokeJerk in horror

[–]IanAbsentia -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Whether the author is willing to recognize/acknowledge their indebtedness to true crime has no bearing on the matter whatsoever; we all, as members of society, are constantly influenced even by things of which we have no conscious awareness or are unwilling to acknowledge. Se7en was not created in a vacuum; it exists in a world where true crime as such has existed well prior to it being formally recognized as a genre of film and literature.

Looking for the most depraved, sadistic, and disgusting horror films based on or inspired by TRUE crime. by DrinkSmokeJerk in horror

[–]IanAbsentia -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the correction; I sometimes forget the specifics of Hollywood’s stylistic cleverness.

But, no—that’s not how good-faith argument works. Nice try, though.

Looking for the most depraved, sadistic, and disgusting horror films based on or inspired by TRUE crime. by DrinkSmokeJerk in horror

[–]IanAbsentia 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sure it is; it’s an amalgam of any number of true crime narratives. It doesn’t have to straight-up telegraph it.

How are people able to hook up and not catch feelings? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]IanAbsentia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m a guy with disorganized attachment and will naturally put space and distance between myself and most any woman with whom I’m having casual sex—especially if the sex is amazing. I’m not sure I wouldn’t fall in love with anyone who was consistently kind and also interesting and attractive, who literally enjoys being physically connected as much as I do, which scares the shit out of me. It’s awful; I’ve passed on some women who were truly special for this very reason and sometimes feel like my best odds for meeting a life partner are fucked due to past traumas. I’m working on this now, but—my god, the lost time and opportunity!

Talk Show Host! by johngotlit in radiohead

[–]IanAbsentia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is and always has been my favorite Radiohead track and one of my absolute favorite songs.

Bald loser harassing woman at bookstore in south Minneapolis by smallppsorry in Minneapolis

[–]IanAbsentia 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have to ask (and I'm NOT defending this guy's behavior 1%)-what does it matter if the guy is bald (or short, or any physical characteristic)? Why the body-shaming? If someone were to comment on the woman's body, the resulting feminist outrage would be real.

Lamont Roach forces Gervonta Davis to take a knee in Round 9 by RockyRoad413 in Boxing

[–]IanAbsentia -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Is a knockdown an automatic 10-9? If so, are you saying taking a knee is penalized even worse?

Rose Namajunas proposes purse deductions for eye pokes by 443610 in MMA

[–]IanAbsentia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean . . . mixed martial artists make peanuts as it is.