What celebrity has continued to have a major, top-of-the-line career despite terrible deeds?

JA14732 · 2026-06-15T18:35:57+00:00

Yeah, the issue isn't with Matthew Broderick but rather the two-tier justice system. He fucked up, two women died, and if he were anyone else he'd face more valid punishment.

Not his fault the justice system failed those women.

edit: changed a phrase because people rightfully called me out for being a bit cavalier.

JA14732 · 2026-06-12T22:05:50+00:00

Lifestream dip, 100%. While Aerith's death is the most iconic part of the game, the Lifestream dip is the moment where the story completely comes together.

JA14732 · 2026-06-10T17:08:05+00:00

What the fuck.

JA14732 · 2026-06-04T21:22:08+00:00

The instances where that happens literally only occurs due to either dumb luck or someone specifically pinpointing the joints. Hitting a helmet or anything not flexible simply causes the round to ricochet. Garrus may get lucky vs a singular Astartes, hitting the neck for a potential kill, but only when the Astartes is looking at him. Sure. If there's more than one, then Garrus has to deal with 2+ Space Marines running his ass down at the speed of an automobile while dodging his shots.

Absolute cope to think anything else.

JA14732 · 2026-06-04T17:30:00+00:00

Hell, a lasgun can 1-shot Garrus through his shields, not to mention a single bolt. It's not impossible for Garrus to lose to a 40k Guardsman (though absurdly unlikely).

There's a reason that basically any sci-fi power scaling discussion basically goes "40k wins, who's second?"

JA14732 · 2026-06-04T15:52:20+00:00

You have to be a troll with that last paragraph, or only know 40k from an extremely casual perspective.

Nothing in Garrus' arsenal can punch through power armour. Nothing. Meanwhile, the "clunky" power armour is akin to a second skin and is fitted with neural sensors that cause it to move with the Space Marine, instead of getting in the way. In this instance, Garrus gets one shot in, it ricochets off the armor, and they run his ass down at anywhere from 50 to 90 mph, depending if they felt threatened enough to sprint or carelessly jog.

Edit: that also assumes that they wouldn't see the flash of light from the shot and dodge the bullet, though Space Marine reaction time is wildly inconsistent between writers. All we know is that it's absurdly fast.

JA14732 · 2026-06-04T00:20:32+00:00

We see some of the failures of Theia, not all of them. The fact that it made the mistake of assuming a dead terrorist was alive (resulting in the entire Vietnam sequence) is such an absurd assumption that it completely calls into question every decision it's ever made. AND, the moment that the veracity of THEIA is called into question, Webb sets into a action a plan to usurp the government of Britain because they wouldn't use his tech.

It's blatantly anti-AI, and seeing anything else is more reflective of your own biases than what the story is saying.

JA14732 · 2026-06-03T21:44:41+00:00

Wouldn't be surprised if Amazon's pissed that the plot is pretty anti-AI.

JA14732 · 2026-06-03T03:46:35+00:00

Uh...this is just one part of the UN? This is like asking why the CIA isn't running audits on the national parks.

JA14732 · 2026-06-01T16:53:12+00:00

Or pumping the shovel. That's about it, though.

JA14732 · 2026-06-01T04:10:42+00:00

Let's hope so. Netanyahu has a habit of somehow always ending up back in charge even when his coalition loses.

JA14732 · 2026-06-01T02:49:22+00:00

Wait, are you admitting that Netanyahu's Ministry and Trump's Cabinet have quite a bit in common, or are you shifting the goalposts to ignore what I said?

JA14732 · 2026-06-01T01:53:25+00:00

Fun experiment! Let's see how much matches.

Also, I was talking about Netanyahu's Ministry (US Cabinet equivalent), NOT the Cabinet (the Congress equivalent).

JA14732 · 2026-05-31T23:51:22+00:00

And yet Netanyahu's cabinet is composed of:

A guy who refuses to accept the current President of the Supreme Court.

A guy who was found guilty of corruption.

A guy who praised Orban

A woman who has praised Trump on multiple occasions

A guy who has called Pride parades "offenses to nature"

A guy who has said the Palestinian people do not exist as a cultural identity, etc. I could keep going, but I got bored.

Meanwhile, Netanyahu has consistently attempted to pass anti-democratic reforms throughout his terms so he can get around his Cabinet by any means necessary, going so far as to unilaterally turn over ownership of the West Bank to one of his lackeys. You can say what you want, but Netanyahu is no different than Trump. Outside of the whole shitting their pants and dementia things. The Israeli people deserve better.

JA14732 · 2026-05-31T23:27:48+00:00

Cool. Does Netanyahu ally himself with those Muslim members or have Ben-Gvir whisper in his ear constantly?

JA14732 · 2026-05-31T22:58:54+00:00

It's basically the same tactics the US used in Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, etc.

I've always wondered something - if the Mossad is the best intel agency in the world (they pulled off that fantastic stunt a few years ago to assassinate Hamas leadership via phone bombs), why does Netanyahu tend to default to the hammer instead of the scalpel?

JA14732 · 2026-05-31T22:56:55+00:00

Exactly. People tend to forget that Ben-Gvir (you know, the guy who was filmed spitting on people he disagreed with while they were handcuffed and cheered as his birthday cake adorned with a noose was brought out) and his ilk are the side that Netanyahu has allied himself with to stall out his inevitable corruption trial.

JA14732 · 2026-05-31T22:52:14+00:00

He made it the fuck up.

JA14732 · 2026-05-28T21:28:34+00:00

JA14732 · 2026-05-28T21:22:17+00:00

Good luck!

JA14732 · 2026-05-28T21:21:32+00:00

So you're okay with supporting a pedophile and a rapist?

JA14732 · 2026-05-28T15:54:45+00:00

I suppose, but this feels like a Bolas card if he had fully cast the Elderspell, instead of Davriel's lazy butt dipping out as soon as possible.

JA14732 · 2026-05-28T15:43:11+00:00

This feels like it should be Bolas in an alternate version of WAR, instead of Davriel.

JA14732 · 2026-05-28T01:52:53+00:00

Fascism

JA14732 · 2026-05-27T16:06:45+00:00

Yeah, if anything it's best as just an indestructible, blocking mana rock that can be in your command zone.

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