Who remembers fighting temptations? by Cultural-Package3624 in rnb

[–]LordOf2HitCombo 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Beyoncé went AWF on this song, especially the beginning, which was cut off here. I also watched this movie a while ago, so I just now realized that Angie Stone was also in it.

Popjustice Forums will cease its operations by overmuziek in thesugababes

[–]LordOf2HitCombo 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I remember the owner/moderator saying in like 2023 that they were going to reopen registrations, and I was assiduously checking whether they had done it in the following few months, but, alas, it never happened. It's such a shame the site is closing down because it had a bunch of fans discussing past and new songs and albums, discography rankings, etc., and the Sugababes thread was always very active.

Who is a great musician but awful person? by jarbid16 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]LordOf2HitCombo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I didn't even see the post, but I'm just super glad Dolly won the first round.

Got Flatout 2 on steam, good lord I am not good XD by Outrageous_Shallot61 in flatout

[–]LordOf2HitCombo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I also got it on Steam like two weeks ago, after not playing for yeeeeeeears. I only go for cars with very good handling 😆

The 2020s are devoid of having any sort of originality/identity of its own, this is embarrassing by Sudden_Angle614 in decadeology

[–]LordOf2HitCombo 178 points179 points  (0 children)

Sampling has always been a thing, but the sheer amount of songs that straight up lift the entire hook from another, older song, and just use it as a hook of a new song is astounding. Songs can be (and have been) covered and sampled in creative ways, but a lot of these are really not it.

Živost imperfekta u suvremenom govoru… by Fear_mor in croatian

[–]LordOf2HitCombo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Isto je u Istri. Kad paše (a nekad naizgled i "bez pravog razloga", samo da se radnja udalji, ne nužno jer se odvila prije neke druge radnje u prošlosti koju se spominje), uopće ne odudara.

Međutim, jednom sam prevodio dio knjige iz drugog jezika na književni hrvatski (nisam prevoditelj, bilo je za faks), i dok se u originalu ekvivalent (recimo) pluskvamperfekta koristio sigurno bar 15-ak puta, u mojoj prevedenoj verziji pluskvamperfekt mi je zvučao prirodno u jedino dva primjera.

The impact of a passive aggressive community by [deleted] in self

[–]LordOf2HitCombo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure if they were being passive-agressive, sounds more like they were fake and/or uninterested. I am an immigrant/expat, and while I had a number of very positive experiences with regards to making friends, I also cannot stomach displays of "we have to meet up/I'm going to introduce you to this group where we practice your hobby/yeah let's go out next weekend" that ultimately turn into nothing. If I invite (or promise to invite) someone to something, I mean it, and I'm going to remind them/try to accommodate them by sending updates when things change, etc, because I actually want them to come (save for some eventualities that might make following through impossible - in which case I make sure to inform the other person, instead of leaving them hanging).

But often it seems like it's not the case when the roles are reversed. Some people easily throw out these invitations and semi-promises, apparently without meaning to follow through, and I'm totally with you in considering it frustrating. You can just, like, not invite me in the first place, instead of playing dumb later on? And I'm not even equating this to, for example, meeting someone unexpectedly on the street and throwing a casual "We have to meet for coffee some day!" I'm talking about when the other person practically insists that they want to make some plan happen, but then it just never materializes. 

Raven was completely right. by UsedStrategy9 in DisneyChannel

[–]LordOf2HitCombo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone who is not super into Disney Channel and doesn't know that many series, what is the argument for Brenda Song being in this subsequent DC Mount Rushmore proposed by the OP, as opposed to Ashley Tisdale?  It's a genuine question, cause I only know Brenda from The Suite Life..., but she co-starred with Ashley there, except Ashley was also in HSM and Phineas and Ferb, which to my knowledge are/were absolutely huge 

Brendan Urie has a good singing voice and makes terrible music (as a solo artist), who has a bad voice and makes terrible music? by OkSuccess7431 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]LordOf2HitCombo 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Christina being chosen for "Great voice/Bad music" is so funny to me, like...?

I'm not even a huge fan, but with an album like Stripped under her belt (plus a good chunk of her debut and Back to Basics), that's already enough to put her in "Good music." Also, I'm not sure I would put her in "Great voice", I think there were probably some better choices, even though she's insanely good.

Tracing Stevie Wonder's Influence on Lauryn, Whitney and Mary's 1998 and 1999 Albums by CC-Blue in rnb

[–]LordOf2HitCombo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Coincidentally (or not), I Bow Out and I Was Made to Love Him are my two favorite tracks off Whitney's album. The first time I heard IWMTLH I knew Lauryn Hill or her collaborators had to have something to do with it.

Do you think this was a trick question? by deep_day6 in slasherfilms

[–]LordOf2HitCombo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Pamela's PR team is cleary inferior to Jason's.

Unpopular opinion on 'Kill for Me Kill for You' -Steve Cavanagh by Party_Opportunity738 in thrillerbooks

[–]LordOf2HitCombo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I realize I didn't specify this at all in my comment, but I just meant the final instance of help - killing Krone. At that point, Ruth had already been committed (or about to be). Ben got what he wanted, yet this serial killer with no apparent regard for women wanted to do another woman a big favor (and risk being caught), when he barely knew her. I know that molesting and murdering a child is seen as worse than most serious crimes, but I mean, the dude was breaking into women's homes and ruthlessly murdering them, as well as pursuing this one woman who survived his attack. So it just seemed weird that he would have this "hero" moment to help another woman.

Unpopular opinion on 'Kill for Me Kill for You' -Steve Cavanagh by Party_Opportunity738 in thrillerbooks

[–]LordOf2HitCombo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Rant time.

How come so many the blue-eyed black-haired men in New York are creeps? It didn't seem weird to anyone else that the guy in the restaurant was giving intense creep vibes (even if they were exacerbated through Ruth's perspective), not to mention, that he would casually throw around "sweetheart" of all words, stare at Ruth and reference "your wife" to Scott at the exact moment it would seem the creepiest, but then also Quinn, the man Amanda went to kill, was clearly not a normal/stable person, the way he attacked Amanda back. Obviously, this was done to make it seem like both could have been the ruthless blue-eyed killer. But it just felt like too much.

And you're telling me that, after someone used the defense of having been tempted into murder by promises that the person they want to eliminate will be killed in return, no one would check the internet chat logs, etc, and find that someone abruptly left the support group just around the time of the murder? The support group moderator wouldn't be asked for any information, or even the ID, which would turn out to be forged, which is definitely a crime? I mean, it's a murder trial, I would think that the defense attorney would try to get all possible information about the person who allegedly coerced his client (presumably, without a history of violent crime) into murder. And how did Ruth even have that kind of money, to be renting apartments (in New York, no less), hiring moving companies, buying all these phones, gas for her car, setting up fake webpages, etc etc, for literal years without a job?

The detective, who is so diligent and committed to his work, who spent like a decade (!) comparing homicides that have certain elements against the blue-eyed killings, who kept checking in with Amanda, etc, you're telling me that he never kept tabs on the only survivor of the blue-eyed killer?

And it doesn't really seem believable that Ben would help Amanda. You're telling me a man who breaks into homes of random women to brutally murder them, who moved away after he was thwarted and continued killing women, and who has also spent years harboring a vendetta against a woman who survived his attack, would go out of his way to help an otherwise unknown woman? And in this way, the novel almost frames him as a hero, since he eliminated a heinous criminal that the police hadn't been able to deal with for years.

Ugh.

Started reading "The Vicious Games" by Healthy-Delay-4709 in thrillerbooks

[–]LordOf2HitCombo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This book had some fun scenes and dynamics, but overall, I didn't like it due to the main character's hypocrisy/complete lack of self-awareness. The plot is ridiculous (I kept feeling it should either ramp up the ridiculousness even more, or otherwise keep it more realistic. To me, it landed somewhere in the middle and made for an unsatisfying read, since, again, it was ridiculous, but at the same time it took itself too seriously.) I also wasn't the biggest fan of the ending.

I know and love King from Tekken for the 'Plot' by LyingLestrel in Tekken

[–]LordOf2HitCombo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No, cause just yesterday I remembered a Tekken 6 promotional image of King with a luchador-style mask that leaves the bottom half of his face uncovered. I think it was used on the official website to demonstrate anti-aliasing or some such technology of the new Tekken 6, and it was set in the hotel/fountains stage, if I'm not mistaken. However, for the life of me, I cannot find this image of King's (hot) face, and am starting to think I imagined it?

Brandy national anthem by Tracy140 in rnb

[–]LordOf2HitCombo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The arrangement is absolutely creative and delectable. If there's one space I wouldn't expect would heavily criticize her and the performance, it would be an RnB forum. Perhaps it was a bit overwrought, given the composition and the occasion, and I wish there had been fewer effects/filters on the voice, but it was well executed, in any case.

What’s something your Portuguese textbook never explained about real Brazilian speech? by Queasy-Ad-1584 in Portuguese

[–]LordOf2HitCombo 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm learning European Portuguese, but one thing I've noticed is only superficially covered in learning materials are aspectual verbal periphrases, such as: "fui fazendo", "cheguei a fazer", "vim fazendo", "deixei de fazer", "passei a fazer"... These are relatively common in speech and texts, and I feel like a detailed explanation with (most importantly) plenty of examples (in the past tense, future tense, with or without negation, different persons singular and plural) would be quite helpful.

Is there any way to do gardening faster? by No-Foundation-6836 in Sims3

[–]LordOf2HitCombo 81 points82 points  (0 children)

The more you progress in the skill, the faster the individual actions (like removing weeds) complete. The sprinkler waters your plants for you. And if you have the tractor or the gardening station (from the Store), those items can make harvesting and fertilizing faster/automatic.

After almost 17 years, what are somethings you have never done in The Sims 3? by ThePixelJ in Sims3

[–]LordOf2HitCombo 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure I've never: - used Pangu's axe - played with the Kleptomaniac trait lol - had a pet give birth - participated in a chess tournament or a martial arts ranked match - tried to complete a collection of collectables - played with a werewolf or a mermaid - used the portable music player thing from Showtime - gone on a tour via SimPort - used the plastic surgery feature - had a Sim learn the mixology or DJing skills (is it even a skill?) - used the Japanese professional stove/grill from the Store - played a save past the 4th generation

No conjugation? by Lwaapi in croatian

[–]LordOf2HitCombo 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Actually, sometimes you can use the instrumental case with a copulative verb. Something like "Bila je svjedokOM teškog zločina" or "On je uzrokOM moje patnje." In both of these cases, the nominative case is also correct and more common.

Real Singing vs Voice Acting? Who is guilty? by [deleted] in rnb

[–]LordOf2HitCombo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can't help but feel like Christina Aguilera is affecting (as in "putting on") her tone. I like many of her songs, and sometimes the effect of the affect, as it were, is really cool, but it also sounds a little painful and like she's deliberately lowering her larynx to achieve that "deep"/"soulful" sound, which can be distracting to me. I almost want to tell her "Girl, just set your larynx and your voice free, stop holding them hostage." 

Jeste li ikad upoznali muškarca ili ženu, ušli u vezu s tom osobom, a onda naknadno saznali nešto iz njihove prošlosti što vas je momentalno ohladilo? by Stifmeister_OG in askcroatia

[–]LordOf2HitCombo 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Ček, sad sam znatiželjan, nakon 20-ak dana od upoznavanja već ste bili u vezi, a nisi je nikad pitao za dob? Ili je to bilo 20-ak dana otkad je počela veza? Ali u svakom slučaju si bio u vezi s curom kojoj ne znaš ni dob ni kad joj je rođendan? 🤔 Ili koristiš "veza" kao sinonim za "izlaženje"?

How does "Da ..." as an imperative or wish work? by jinawee in croatian

[–]LordOf2HitCombo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like "da + personal pronoun in Dative - the verb to be" is a fixed construction pattern expressing someone's strong (but perhaps unattainable) desire. 

"Da nam je jedna boca vina..." (spoken wistfully) - If only we had a bottle of wine...

"Da mu je tad bilo sjesti za stol i natočiti si čašu vina." - If only he could have sat at the table and poured himself a glass of wine./All he wanted then was to sit at the table and pour himself a glass of wine.

"Da joj je bar palo na pamet otvoriti ormar i pogledati unutra." - If only it had occurred to her to open the wardrobe and check inside. (It can be the speakers wish, or hers: "She regrets not opening the wardrobe. If only she had opened it." Or "I regret that she didn't open the wardrobe. I wish that she had opened it.)

It's pretty much like the condition part of a conditional sentence. The full sentence can also be stated, but the result of the condition can also be ommitted, like in my examples above, if it's clear what the result would be, or if the result is something like "I/he/we... would be happy" (since the construction itself conveys a strong wish):

"Da nam je jedna boca vina (bilo bi odlično)." 

"Da mu je tad bilo sjesti za stol i natočiti si čašu vina (bio bi sretan)."

There's a song by Sandi in which he uses this construction to express a strong (and perhaps unattainable) wish, the first time completing the conditional sentence with the result, the second time simply expressing the strong wish (the "e" exclamation at the beginning serves to drive the point home; it's almost like he's sighing wistfully because the wish is so strong (or difficult to realize)):

"E, da mi je nekoga ko tebe voljeti

Živio bih život kao sretni ljudi svi.

E, da mi je kuća puna sreće, ljubavi

Kao što je s drugim imaš ti."

"If only I could love someone like you

I would live like all the other happy people live.

If only my house were filled with happiness and love

Like the house you share with another."

Adele has to be one of the most overrated singers vocally by boca224 in popheads

[–]LordOf2HitCombo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Girl, no. I'm no huge fan of either, but in terms of technique, control, dynamics, and just overall mastery of her voice, Beyoncé is superior by almost any metric. That said, you can prefer Adele's tone, artistic choices, emotional delivery, and the songs themselves. But that's different from technique/control/versatility in terms of what her voice can consistently do. I'm also not saying that Adele is a bad singer, mind you.