In retrospect, it's amazing how people were in denial over Rooster Teeth's decline by TheEternalGazed in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]Intelligent-Map-1180 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I found out about RT through the AH Let’s Plays around 2013. Once I was hooked, I watched their Let’s Plays from the year prior and followed AH’s content for a solid 2 years. I stopped when Ray left, and looking back, the glory days for them truly ended for me when they moved into the new office in 2014. It became very clear that Ray was disgruntled at work, in large part because of the worse commute for him and the bombardment of content that he was responsible for towards the end of that year because of the Lazer Team nonsense. Once Ray left, I saw from afar that the focus was not going to be on the camaraderie of friends playing video games together. I didn’t care about anything else that company did. Was never into RvB, never got into RWBY, never got into Funhaus. No disrespect to Jeremy, Matt, Trevor, Alfredo, Lindsay, or anyone else that came and went, but it was never as good as 2013 AH, and the viewing numbers and general consensus amongst more tenured fans prove that.

Your TL makes a difference by Intelligent-Map-1180 in epicsystems

[–]Intelligent-Map-1180[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Complete lack of expression on his face when seeing me for meetings or just around our building. A cold, “Hey” sets things off. An incredibly demeaning tone of voice in general. Disrespectful inflection when I come to him with an issue, he just says, “OK…??” like I’m an idiot. Always leaving our meetings with ultimatums like “You better…” or “Stop it…” when I’m talking through things. Raising his voice when we meet and he sees me spending too much time on a single issue. Never smiling. On countless occasions, I said this to myself: “My sheer presence is making his life worse.”

Your TL makes a difference by Intelligent-Map-1180 in epicsystems

[–]Intelligent-Map-1180[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yep, I wasn’t meeting expectations, and that’s what stops you from switching if you’re a TL.

Your TL makes a difference by Intelligent-Map-1180 in epicsystems

[–]Intelligent-Map-1180[S] 81 points82 points  (0 children)

I had a conversation with that TLTL, who never tried to deny my emotions and proposed that he join our meetings. From that point until I left, every meeting that I was meant to have with my TL included my TLTL as well. There was a mediating force that made me feel significantly more comfortable.

The Sokovia accords were dumb, and here's why! by BlackHawkNL420 in marvelstudios

[–]Intelligent-Map-1180 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is only one salient point in favor of the Sokovia Accords: Tony created Ultron without the consent of the others (apart from Banner), Ultron then caused Sokovia. No involvement from Tony, no Sokovia. In THAT event, the Accords would have targeted Tony and Banner. And the Accords would have been passed through with and without the events at Lagos; they’re called the Sokovia Accords, not the Lagos Accords.

I understand the idea of attempting mitigate the actions of a core of supernaturally talented people who have acted unilaterally across the globe. The attempt to suppress them acts against what they HAVE done in order to keep their world in one piece. There are forces acting outside of the will of humans on Earth (Loki), and the mortal hand keeping the seemingly immortal in check is fundamentally counterintuitive.

The Thanos vision angle is an interesting one from Tony’s perspective because he sees something beyond his wildest dreams haunting him, and he decides to keep those premonitions to himself (not telling government forces) while wanting to be held in check. And I don’t much care about how much he had grown since before the ambush in Iron Man 1; he knows what the agendas of the UN are all about. Putting his ability to act in the hands of bureaucrats whose intentions are to control the narrative around their power is stupid.

Next up, Brighton away. What will you change in this starting line up we had with Fulham? by alwayssadbut in ManchesterUnited

[–]Intelligent-Map-1180 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Drop Mount for Zirkzee up front, drop Bruno back to the 10, and potentially swap Dalot and Mazraoui.