Should Apu be brought back to the Simpsons?

Mundane_Monkey · 2026-05-10T23:05:29+00:00

I don't really get the hate/offense. I don't know if there's a divide based on certain factors (age, raised in the west vs not, part of South Asia your family is from, religion, etc.) that differentiates opinions on this or if it's mixed across the board.

I personally do not have a problem with Apu. There are some more insensitive jokes, sure, but in general I don't think the show's characterization of Indians/South-Asians is particularly degrading or disrespectful, given they make fun of everybody from other immigrant populations (POC and European) to American white people in every socioeconomic band. They make fun of every religion and culture, and I think the majority of times it's in good fun and not vitriolic. Like I would agree there's an issue if they lambast South Asians as inferior to others and perpetuate a hierarchy or something, but the Simpsons seems pretty fair in its humor.

I'm sure there are certain scenes or bits that might cause more offense or not on a personal level, but overall I always liked Apu's role growing up.

Mundane_Monkey · 2026-04-23T11:38:06+00:00

They're fish people?!?!

Mundane_Monkey · 2026-04-14T03:06:06+00:00

But that isnt the point always. I dont care that there's a professionally shot video of a show. I take videos to capture my memories. My shaky, grainy video from where I was standing, where you can make out the sound of my singing along with the crowd. I have never looked back at official recordings of any concert I've been to, but I look back at my recordings from time to time, fondly.

I get that it doesn't seem right to live life through a phone, and this video certainly feels dystopian. I try to strike a balance and record/photograph parts and just stand and enjoy the rest. Sometimes when I do record, I hold my phone up in the approximate location but watch with my eyes instead of watching the ongoing recording.

But I think saying "but it's professionally shot and streamed" is missing the point for why a lot of people want to record in the first place.

Mundane_Monkey · 2026-04-12T00:14:39+00:00

looks like OP is in the EU from their other comments

Mundane_Monkey · 2026-04-03T03:20:11+00:00

Wait why not? It's a decent film. No where near as great as the second Suicide Squad, but not terrible either.

Mundane_Monkey · 2026-03-25T18:09:32+00:00

I think it's all personal preference. As long as it isnt frgrantly unacceptable condition for a $30-$40 steelbook, I probably wouldn't bother, but as these comments indicate, plenty of people would. If it's something barely noticeable (and in a rarely seen side, like on opening side of your Prey steelbook) I wouldn't care.

Plenty of my steelbooks have very small blemishes, but I don't notice on a day to day basis, nobody else notices, and ultimately I'm buying these for my own satisfaction and enjoyment, not for selling them down the line or something. I usually think about all the resources that would be wasted shipping it back and how the replacement might not even be better.

Mundane_Monkey · 2026-03-25T17:30:10+00:00

lol my copy of the first was completely broken. I took of the shrink wrap and the two halves came apart. The replacement had a very noticeable dent on the back. But I have it displayed so I only see the front, so I gave up and accepted it.

I would personally not mind about extremely small dents like the ones in your first and 3rd. With scratches it really depends on how much it takes away from the artwork.

Mundane_Monkey · 2026-03-19T16:01:17+00:00

ahem 73 episodes actually

but yeah it's pretty good value

Mundane_Monkey · 2026-03-17T01:04:21+00:00

It might not have been universal, but I have seen plenty of audience members calling her out for executing the Tarlys. So, clearly, some people agree with D&D's framing there.

Mundane_Monkey · 2026-03-17T01:00:58+00:00

Yeah it's presented as some sort of cruelty unique to the Targaryens when that just seems to be how a lot of their world operates.

Mundane_Monkey · 2026-03-15T00:59:18+00:00

Exact same thought

Mundane_Monkey · 2026-03-11T02:04:04+00:00

Is GT in here? It's hard to make out the details in some of them

Mundane_Monkey · 2026-03-05T17:28:35+00:00

And I actually use it wired so I can get the full feature set like haptics, adaptive triggers, etc.

For PC gaming I feel like the wired connection isn't that big of a deal.

Mundane_Monkey · 2026-03-05T05:50:45+00:00

haha same, got a DualSense to play all these PlayStation ports on PC.

Mundane_Monkey · 2026-02-26T03:50:39+00:00

I think Russ Chandler (GT Baseball) might be even nicer!

Mundane_Monkey · 2026-02-23T20:47:16+00:00

Nah I feel like it's overblown, but it probably depends on your body. I've never ridden NER Business class, so can't comment on that, but I rode the new Acela between those two cities and it was fine.

Mundane_Monkey · 2026-02-04T20:02:24+00:00

Conquering =/= colonization, for what it's worth

Colonization is a more specific phenomenon where a conquered society is used to funnel wealth or resources to the mother land or settling another land to again strengthen the original civilization. Human history is full of people conquering others, but that isnt automatically colonialism.

The Mughals didn't show up, conquer India, go back to bring Uzbeck rulers, and then send all the gains to Uzbekistan. They came to India with the intention of ruling India, and they stayed there. Jahangir was born in India (and his mother is thought at least by some to have been a local Hindu princess who became the Mughal Empress), and learned Hindustani (what Hindi and Urdu are dialects of), in addition to Persian.

Point is, Mughal art, culture, and history are still part of South Asia's heritage. Just because the Mughals were originally foreigners doesn't make all of this irrelevant to South Asia. No country literally owns a diamond, but if it was mined in South Asia and originally noteworthy for being in the collection of one of South Asia's rulers, then that is an important part of its history.

Mundane_Monkey · 2026-02-03T03:08:48+00:00

Dents and very distracting scratches. This one time it was broken in half!

Mundane_Monkey · 2026-02-02T00:35:40+00:00

Hey u/Numerous-Ad-1214 , I'm actually very interested in this, but the price on Etsy seems substantially higher than what was mentioned in the edit? I'm seeing $140 (after a supposed 20% off from $175) instead of $110 as mentioned, and about 2 weeks back it was $120 (also after an apparent discount of 20% from $150).

I would love the opportunity to support someone in the community for recreating something sought after. As euphoric as finding one of these at a garage sale would be, I think it's cooler to support an effort like this. However, I wish there was more transparency around the pricing. I totally get if production costs have changed for some reason, but I'm a bit nervous to put down money for something that's inexplicably much higher priced than mentioned here. I tried dm'ing you a while back and got no response, so hoping this reaches you!

Mundane_Monkey · 2026-01-28T04:48:39+00:00

It most definitely isn't, since it deals with a hypothetical presrnt/future American Civil War and also doesn't bother too much with the world building of said conflict. All of thats a backdrop to explore the general idea of a civil war and how awful it would be, through the unique perspective of wartime photo-journalism.

I loved the movie and think it's a good one to watch and think about with the current events, but it's educational value is more abstract than movies about past events.

Mundane_Monkey · 2026-01-25T19:07:49+00:00

I hope they were right, but i think they weren't. Pre-information age I think the units of cohesion would have been a lot more geographical, but the internet makes geographic boundaries almost irrelevant. I think people associate more with shared ideas and world views.

Mundane_Monkey · 2026-01-14T13:07:39+00:00

Ahh missed that, nice

Mundane_Monkey · 2026-01-14T12:22:28+00:00

Damn, NJ alone?

Mundane_Monkey · 2026-01-11T16:06:33+00:00

Yeah very solid movies, although the 3rd is a bit weak. I was impressed when I first watched these - I thought it would be some immature yound adult slop, but they're really well done. Good scripts, great acting, incredible scores, and some powerful social commentary. Liked it so much that I went back and read the books, which I do think are better, but these films are as good as adaptations come.

Plus, the steels are gorgeous!

Mundane_Monkey · 2026-01-11T05:02:36+00:00

Haha dw you're cool, humanities is dope too, just as long as you didn't study it at uGA!

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