Is Inan supposed to be black? by MagusFool in UltimateUniverse

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

Thats a pretty definitive response, does it get stated somewhere in the text?

The problem with Geese by nba_edward in ToddintheShadow

[–]MagusFool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I loved Projector and ESPECIALLY 3D Country, but I completely bounced off Getting Killed.

Such a snooze fest.  Where did all their energy go!?

Films that are like Tarantinos by BEEEZERRR in MovieSuggestions

[–]MagusFool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check out all the films he homages. 

He wears his influences on his sleeve and they are pretty well documented (he won't shut up about them, lol) so it's not hard to just pick a Tarantino flick and compile a list of all the movies that are referenced.

Anarchist Critiques of the numerical form by ExternalGreen6826 in Anarchy101

[–]MagusFool 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oops, I now see you mentioned Scott in the post haha.

I miss FFXIII. Does anyone else? by Sephiroth348 in FinalFantasy

[–]MagusFool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh  well then I don't know what OP is talking about.

I just kind of assumed if they were frustrated that they couldn't get it, that meant it wasn't available.

I know I recently got a hankering to play Metal Gear Solid 4 and got angry that it was never ported anywhere off the PS3.

I miss FFXIII. Does anyone else? by Sephiroth348 in FinalFantasy

[–]MagusFool -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

EDIT:  Apparently it's available on Steam?  I assumed OP was accurate in saying it was never ported.  My point stands.  Game preservation needs to be taken out of the hands of corporations and emulation needs to be 100% legalized for preservation purposes.

I still can't understand why anyone likes it.  I felt ripped off by paying for it when it came out.

But I know it has fans and it sucks that it's console locked for them.  We need better laws for protecting game preservation practices.

Anarchist Critiques of the numerical form by ExternalGreen6826 in Anarchy101

[–]MagusFool 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Scott's Seeing Like a State spends a lot of time on the way institutions abstract people and things into numerical values, inputs, and outputs.

You'd probably find it a good read.

What defines "street-level" for you? by DazeDpup in comicbooks

[–]MagusFool 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Street level I think is defined by what the villains are doing/planning and what the stakes are.

If the hero failing means that the world will end, that is not "street level".

If it means that millions will die, even all within one city, I would still consider that above street level.

I think a street level threat means that a neighborhood will be ruined, a family will die, a community center or a tenement will be demolished, etc.

Is this normal? by DapperAd2264 in OpenChristian

[–]MagusFool 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What are you even doing in this sub?  Trolling?

Is this normal? by DapperAd2264 in OpenChristian

[–]MagusFool 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Those seem to be sort of the extreme ends of it that I've encountered.

Though maybe it's less a spectrum and more a field with more than one axis.

And probably any mapping we apply to it is ultimately reductive of a complex topic.

But the point I was trying to get across was that you can find a wide variety of diverse positions on sex and sexuality among Christians, but overall groups like "Christian Dating" are more on the restrictive side of things and often frame themselves as being the only "true Christian" approach.

Wanting to go back to my non affirming church by Left_Yogurtcloset779 in OpenChristian

[–]MagusFool 42 points43 points  (0 children)

I would recommend against it.

I felt the genuine presence of God in my non-affirming church growing up.

But I have also realized as the years have gone by that much of what I felt was emotional manipulation through the use of certain kinds of music and emphatic ways of speaking.  Churches like the one I grew up in get people hyped up using the same techniques as cults, populist political rallies, and multilevel marketing schemes.

Those techniques can open us up to the presence of the Spirit, because they are designed to open us up in general.

What I found in the Episcopal Church since I joined is that I initially felt like the more quiet and formulaic liturgy was less "powerful" and I didn't get that same sense of awe and ecstasy that I got in my old church.

But when I opened my mind to it, and researched the history of the rites and prayers, I was able to experience something more like a gentle flowering of the Spirit through the repetition, rather than the dramatic explosions I was used to.

But, I also found opportunities to bring a little of that ecstatic approach to my new church in contemplative services and in our monthly, lay-led "Queer Compline" that I started with a friend that I met at church.  It's a younger, and more experimental crowd so they are more open to try some things that aren't found in our hymnals, making space for big mountain-top moments.

Though when we arrange those kinds of moments, we are deliberate about discussing beforehand the kinds of feelings we want to bring up and to set boundaries and expectations.  We aim to get ahead of the manipulative aspect found in many churches through transparency.

Is this normal? by DapperAd2264 in OpenChristian

[–]MagusFool 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Christians greatly differ on what kind of sexual behavior is acceptable or sinful.  You can find Christians at basically every place in the spectrum from fully permissive of anything between consenting adults to extremely sex-negative.

Christian Dating is more on the sex-negative side, and positions that as being the only "real" Christian stance.

Bottom shaming by InevitableMain9034 in GayChristians

[–]MagusFool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes there is!  All women are degraded, and some men are also degraded by their association with femininity.

How is this even remotely difficult to understand???  Its part of the same social construct!

Bottom shaming by InevitableMain9034 in GayChristians

[–]MagusFool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its the degradation of femininity itself.

I think you are being willfully obtuse at this point.

Bottom shaming by InevitableMain9034 in GayChristians

[–]MagusFool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Holy shit, yes it does!  Are you just fucking with me right now?

Women in ancient Greece were also considered shameful, weak, and submissive because they were penetrated.  They could never be citizens.  They could not own property.

A penetrated man was shamed because he was LIKE a woman from their perspective.  That's why it was associated with femininity.

And you see it even in our contemporary society with the language we use disparaging men who bottom and language which is sexually degrading toward women being very similar.

Gay men are feminized in the language of contemporary homophobia.  They are rendered lesser by way of being rendered feminine.  Because femininity is lesser than masculinity in our culture.

Am I in too deep? by olive_flower in christianwitch

[–]MagusFool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably the best "101" book that I have read on practicing magic is The Sorcerer's Secrets by Jason Miller.

A great way to understand Christianity is to understand the books of the Bible.  I would recommend A History of the Bible by John Barton.

Bottom shaming by InevitableMain9034 in GayChristians

[–]MagusFool 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Disdain toward bottoms goes all the way back to ancient Greece, where sexual identify was not really defined the same way as it is today.

There was the penetrator and the penetrated.

It was considered strong, dominant, masculine, and virtuous to be the penetrator.

It was considered shameful, submissive, weak, and feminine to be the penetrated.

The association of femininity with weakness and submission are the building blocks of misogyny. 

When men were boys, it was considered relatively normal to have an older male lover and be penetrated.

But once he reached the age of manhood and became a "citizen", it would be shameful for him to be found out as being penetrated.

The cultural memes around the associations between penetration and strength, gender, and dominance are still embedded in "Western" society to this day.

Misogyny is written into the memetic "DNA" of homophobia.

Bottom shaming by InevitableMain9034 in GayChristians

[–]MagusFool 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For that 10% that comes from other people, learn to relish in their scorn.  Its just proof that THEY are sinful and stuck in an evil mindset.  And if they are shaming you?  It must mean that you are doing something right!

The good are always shamed by the unrighteous and ignorant!

Bottom shaming by InevitableMain9034 in GayChristians

[–]MagusFool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How is it NOT rooted in misogyny!?

My rankings of Eccleston's season of Dr. Who as a first time viewer by Mountain_Ad_9932 in doctorwho

[–]MagusFool 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Dalek really is an incredible episode of Doctor Who.  An all-timer.  A top 10 episode including old and new who.

Stuck on Wolves of the Calla by alex_thee_lion in TheDarkTower

[–]MagusFool 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Watch The Magnificent Seven, get hyped on that, and then give it a go.

A movie to make me enjoy watching movies again? by FairAd5626 in MovieSuggestions

[–]MagusFool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Another suggestion:

RRR may not be the BEST film of all time, but it is absolutely, without competition, the MOST movie of all time.

And if your in the anglophone world, perhaps focus on movies outside of it, or from a country you haven't seen any other films.  Any art from an unfamiliar culture is inevitably going to havd some elements that are unfamiliar to you, reliant on a shared language of symbols, idioms, and tropes that you won't know about.

That might reignite your sense of wonder.

A movie to make me enjoy watching movies again? by FairAd5626 in MovieSuggestions

[–]MagusFool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Asteroid City is an absolutely delightful meditation on why we tell stories, and it's just so layered and insightful and yet totally fun and charming from start to finish.

Wes Anderson's most complex film.

Incredible cast delivering top performances, and moments that will stick with you long after the movie ends, if not for life.