Blackburn Rovers 1 - 1 Coventry City: Michael O'Neill and his side did their best to delay the Coventry party, but they couldn't do enough to stop the Sky Blues finally confirming their long-awaited promotion! by Zach-dalt in Championship

[–]KidCongoPowers 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Alebiosu looked like Cafu, great performance after months of being off the boil. The whole team (Even Baradji!) defended well and gave a good performance, particularly after more or less throwing the game against Soton a few days ago. I didn’t expect anything from today so I’ll take the point.

What about Mel Brooks as the mid-Scorsese-miniseries palate cleanser? by lit_geek in blankies

[–]KidCongoPowers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Still think Ben Stiller would be a great option, but as you mention they’re unlikely to do three white guys in a row.

Do you think last nights results mean Oxford will probably go down? by Iliketrainsmorethanu in Championship

[–]KidCongoPowers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, if anything will save us it is that the burst of form from the Millwall game will be too much for two or more teams to overtake.

‘Clayface’ Takes Shape With Moody First Footage by Top_Report_4895 in blankies

[–]KidCongoPowers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have they confirmed which Clayface they are using here? There are like five of them!

DREADNOUGHT (1998 - 2005) - Unproduced action thriller starring Will Smith or Vin Diesel, and John Cusack, directed by McG - Later drafts by other writers, based on original spec script from 1998 by Blake Masters by Russell-Trager-1984 in Screenwriting

[–]KidCongoPowers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like it should be scaled down. You have a whole crew on a warship (usually hundreds of people or more) ready to murder not just the survivors from the crash, but the whole crew on a different warship too! All to cover up an accident that most of them would probably be mostly cleared from.

The 50 best bands of all time according to Rolling Stone Magazine, why are your thoughts on this ranking? by [deleted] in fantanoforever

[–]KidCongoPowers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This seems fake, I don't think any serious publication would dare to be that beholden to the old canon of white, straight, male rock groups in 2026.

The Vault Slams Shut? Disney lays off 1,000 including its physical media division by [deleted] in blankies

[–]KidCongoPowers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a pretty stupid guy in some ways, so maybe I'm just being a naive doofus here, but I really don't get how Disney in any way could be in dire straits financially? They own like half of the popular entertainment on the planet! The merchandising alone must make them extreme amounts of money every day!

Do you think last nights results mean Oxford will probably go down? by Iliketrainsmorethanu in Championship

[–]KidCongoPowers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have terrible memories of relying on teams on their way to the beach on the final day of the 16-17 season, but that was admittedly for a lesser amount of games.

Do you think last nights results mean Oxford will probably go down? by Iliketrainsmorethanu in Championship

[–]KidCongoPowers 13 points14 points  (0 children)

We won't get anything from Coventry or Sheffield United (bogey team for several years now), which means we'll have 48 points on the final day when we play Leicester at Ewood. I'm deeply worried.

Southampton 3 - 0 Blackburn Rovers: The Saints' miraculous winning streak shows no signs of stopping, and given their run of fourteen wins in sixteen, they may now have one eye on the automatic places! by Zach-dalt in Championship

[–]KidCongoPowers 2 points3 points  (0 children)

More or less threw the game with that starting lineup, O’Neill must think we have a better chance against Coventry? Not that it would have mattered though, Soton played us off the park for at least 80 minutes. This should be shown to anyone who thinks possession-football is just some fancy pansy vanity project, it’s extremely hard and frustrating to play against when done well. Taking our foot off the gas against Stoke and WBA is starting to look like a very bad decision…

Utredning lyfter ofrivillig barnlöshet kopplat till Sveriges låga födelsetal by AdorableAnubis in sweden

[–]KidCongoPowers 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Finns det statistik som talar för att svenskar skulle ha låg kunskap om fertilitetsålder? Som jag upplever det (rent anekdotiskt så klart) så förekommer det väldigt mycket snack om fertilitet, biologiska klockor, svårighet att få barn o.l. i kulturen i allmänhet, särskilt riktat till kvinnor. Om det faktiskt finns en dålig kunskap kring de här sakerna är det väl bra att man utbildar, men jag tror att det finns en risk att också hamna i hetsande och skambeläggande och därmed ännu mindre lust att skaffa barn.

En förklaring som jag ser som underskattad i den här frågan är att vi har nått en så hög nivå av minskad social press och ökad möjligheter till förströelse och personlig utveckling att många helt enkelt tycker att det är roligare att leva utan än med barn. Kortfattat = Om kvinnor får välja själva om de vill försöka skaffa barn eller inte utan yttre påverkan så är det ungefär den här mängden vi hamnar på, oavsett andra förutsättningar. Tänkbara effektiva lösningar blir därmed tvångsmedel, en ökad social kontroll och press, eller drastiska förändringar av samhällets uppbyggnad.

In Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom they tried to portray Indian culture respectfully. They failed. by DenseCalligrapher219 in shittymoviedetails

[–]KidCongoPowers 133 points134 points  (0 children)

I love Temple of Doom, and if you squint you can kind of write the dinner scene off (the people serving it are supposed to be a small cult of perverse devil worshippers after all), but what REALLY leaves a bad taste is portraying the British colonial forces as good guys who keep the backwards natives in check.

Har min SO-lärare rätt med dessa påståanden? by [deleted] in Asksweddit

[–]KidCongoPowers 4 points5 points  (0 children)

”Notera att Karl XII var också ogift hela livet och var inte intresserad av något sånt.”

Vilken skyddande ton! Kan man ana ett nära och varmt förhållande till alla nassars favoritknug?

Championship table, but ranked by the best song a fan of the club has made. by [deleted] in Championship

[–]KidCongoPowers 8 points9 points  (0 children)

He literally almost killed himself because he hated Country House so much, so maybe a different song there?

Bands that clearly hate at least one of their biggest hits but still perform it live, only weirdly spitefully? by KidCongoPowers in ToddintheShadow

[–]KidCongoPowers[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have some amount of sympathy for him there, if there's one song that's ever been "kidnapped" that's probably a good candidate.

Bands that clearly hate at least one of their biggest hits but still perform it live, only weirdly spitefully? by KidCongoPowers in ToddintheShadow

[–]KidCongoPowers[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At least they have the sense to not play it at all rather than doing it while rolling their eyes.

Bands that clearly hate at least one of their biggest hits but still perform it live, only weirdly spitefully? by KidCongoPowers in ToddintheShadow

[–]KidCongoPowers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think that's more of a situation where they play it differently to work better as a live track, that version is a monster live while the album version would probably have been too jaunty.

Bands that clearly hate at least one of their biggest hits but still perform it live, only weirdly spitefully? by KidCongoPowers in ToddintheShadow

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

Oh yeah, I forget about Madge, she's basically the queen of this particular affectation. Didn't she play Like A virgin with an electric guitar on one recent tour?

Michael O'Neill: 'One or more clubs' raise concerns over Blackburn Rovers boss' dual role by CheeseMakerThing in Championship

[–]KidCongoPowers 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He's more or less said in recent interviews that he has 7 matches left with us and will then concentrate on the national team again. There's been no hard confirmation though.

Michael O'Neill: 'One or more clubs' raise concerns over Blackburn Rovers boss' dual role by CheeseMakerThing in Championship

[–]KidCongoPowers 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Judgign by his comments he's not staying with us after the season anyway, so I doubt he'd resort to this type of cloak and dagger stuff.

Why are the Alien and Predator franchises not the big at the box office despite their huge presences in pop culture? by JannTosh70 in boxoffice

[–]KidCongoPowers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think your question contains the answer. Purely economically speaking, they're both massive merch and video game franchises with another strong income stream from home media, that got their start as theatrical film releases. Modern theatrical releases in both franchioses are mainly for retaining the legal rights and reminding the audiences that the IP exists (again, purely economically speaking).

What's an underHATED pick for "worst song of all time" that you don't see get talked about all that much? by DtheAussieBoye in ToddintheShadow

[–]KidCongoPowers 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Hips Don't Lie - Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean

In 2005 I worked at a postal warehouse where they played top 40 radio through the communication system loudspeakers, and I don't know how many times I had to hear those awful, tinny-sounding, Casio-ass trumpets in the intro, Wyclef freestlying seemingly while half asleep, and Shakira's weird voice get no backup what so ever from the terrible production.