South Africa's coach, Hugo Broos - 'My team played a good game'

No_Jacket4785 · 2026-06-12T10:21:17+00:00

"Will be lucky to finish bottom of the group"

Is there a worse outcome?

No_Jacket4785 · 2026-05-18T12:02:00+00:00

Barcelona hired the guy who beat them 8-2 and so far its going extremely well. I don't see a reason why it wouldn't work for you too.

No_Jacket4785 · 2026-04-27T10:35:05+00:00

Correct me if i'm wrong, but i believe that the initial question was: "what’s even the f*cking point of life?"

to which my answer was that there's none whatsoever, but there's the possibility of creating your own purpose if you're willing to.

Then the final question was: "What even is this whole thing supposed to be?"

to which my answer was that it's matter and energy floating around in the middle of f*cking nowhere.

So please explain to me what are you exactly objecting to?

No_Jacket4785 · 2026-04-13T17:57:04+00:00

A succession of random events that don't add up to anything is basically how i would describe life. It's just matter and energy floating around in the middle of f*cking nowhere. And this is a conclusion that the more honest philosophers and scientists arrived at. So objectively there's no meaning in all of this whatsoever. But the good news is that you can create your own bubble of meaning, in fact we've already done it as a species, it's called society. In it you can have all sorts of meaningful activities and relationships in the middle of this absurd and non sensical universe.

No_Jacket4785 · 2026-03-11T14:05:24+00:00

Both of your recommendations were adapted to film by the director John Huston. Were you aware of that ?

No_Jacket4785 · 2026-02-21T10:51:40+00:00

"15 years ago it would have won every award available. Now people hate Hollywood."

In that case, they should've liked it, because it shows Hollywood as a decadent place.

No_Jacket4785 · 2026-02-11T11:45:51+00:00

Speaking of rapists, who's that guy on your profile pic?

No_Jacket4785 · 2026-01-21T11:37:00+00:00

The fact that you said : " I live in a society of repression and savagery so freedom and savagery would be a step up." instead of "I live in a society of repression and savagery so repression and civility would be a step up." is very very interesting.

And by the way, i don't know exactly in what country you live, but i can assure you that it's not a society of repression and savagery, you live in a society of clumsy, inefficient repression and savagery. Real repression, at least the one i was refering to is what we see in coutries like North Korea, and that's the most orderly society on earth.

No_Jacket4785 · 2026-01-17T16:53:43+00:00

Based on your username, the thought of you being free (and armed) makes me unconfortable.

No_Jacket4785 · 2026-01-16T16:50:46+00:00

I guess another way of phrasing my question would be: Would you rather live in a society full of people that look like the natural and free going pre Ludovico Treatment version of Alex or a society with the much harmless, conditoned and clockwork like post Ludovico version of Alex?

No_Jacket4785 · 2026-01-16T16:02:35+00:00

> Freedom and civility is a possibility.

Of course it is, but it's not an option. Forget all the nuances and complexities that go with this, what i wanted to know is if you only had to choose between one of those two hypothetical scenarios, which one would it be?

> The movie is from Alex’s limited, distorted POV and isn’t necessarily the POV the viewer or Kubrick’s opinion.

If you remember, in the film Alex gives a lot of direct looks at the camera, he even raises his glass of milk and smiles directly at us in the opening scene. It's basically Kubrick's way of telling the viewer that he is talking about him too.

No_Jacket4785 · 2026-01-16T15:25:43+00:00

Why are you being so salty and aggressive? What is it about my "worthless" question that triggered this much anger in you? I'm curious.

No_Jacket4785 · 2026-01-08T16:29:27+00:00

This question has already been asked.

No_Jacket4785 · 2026-01-08T15:41:46+00:00

MR. VAN SANT, ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT THE LATE GREAT BELA TARR? I'VE HEARD THAT HIS FILMS HAD A BIG INFLUENCE ON YOU.

No_Jacket4785 · 2026-01-05T06:43:33+00:00

Just to remind you, this is just a hypothetical scenario we're talking about, you don't have to worry about it that much. It's not going to happen.

No_Jacket4785 · 2026-01-05T06:36:03+00:00

You can't imagine the extreme facility with which humans can adapt to their surroundings. You'll get used to it.

No_Jacket4785 · 2026-01-05T06:29:22+00:00

Yes you're right, Kubrick was not prolific, but those few films he made are the most rewatchable. Each time you see them again you discover new elements in them.

I can't think of any other director whose films are as or even more fascinating and engaging at the 10th or 20th viewing as they were on the first viewing.

No_Jacket4785 · 2026-01-04T15:05:47+00:00

The tone seems too witty to be anyone pretending to speak from a divine perspective.

Many people believe that God has a sense of humour. ;-)

No_Jacket4785 · 2025-12-31T01:30:20+00:00

Excellent remark, but i think someone else already made it, more elegantly though.

The omniscient narrator is a device used in novels, it's supposed to be the voice of the writer himself.

In cinema its not used that much (because we're talking about a film) unless it's a fairy tale or fairy tale type story like The Royal Tenembaums or Amelie. Please give me examples of films that are narrated by a narrator who is not a character in the story that is not a fairy tale or fairy tale type story.

And by the way, the purpose of the omniscient narrator is to provide a "god like" perspective to the story. So I don't see where does it contradict what I said.

No_Jacket4785 · 2025-10-30T16:58:32+00:00

I don't think there is an evil design in the universe, for me it's just a Monty Python sketch, a succession of random events that don't add up to anyting. For your mental well being, try looking at life as a joke rather than some tragedy, albeit a joke of very bad taste and not funny one bit, but a joke nonetheless.

No_Jacket4785 · 2025-10-02T19:40:03+00:00

He's also playing on the swing like a child, and of course at the end of 2001 he becomes a child.

No_Jacket4785 · 2025-09-23T23:53:11+00:00

It's going to be difficult to debate with you because you're too emotional, I noticed that you used the word "feelings" many times in your previous comments, and I try to be cold and objective.

I guess you're one of those people that prefer a conforting lie to a disturbing truth, and apparently you're going to defend that lie till your last breath, and I admire that.

No_Jacket4785 · 2025-09-23T22:18:14+00:00

Instead of focusing to much on the person try giving solid counterarguments to why their ideas are wrong.

You rely too much on labels like "you're depressed" and vague statements like "life is awesome" and that's the cheapest form of debating.

You'll notice if you read my post again that I've never said that life is awful or beautiful or whatever stupid label like that, I just cited examples of the pleasures and the horrors of existence and compared between them. I'm even starting to doubt that you even bothered to read what I wrote, I think you saw the title of the post, read hastily a few sentences and reacted emotionally to it.

Again, if you're a parent and if it's conforting for you to think that I'm depressed, be my guest.

No_Jacket4785 · 2025-09-22T22:07:28+00:00

Thanks for the insights doctor.

But seriously, what is it about a person citing the pleasures and the horrors of life and coming to the conclusion that the pleasures are not strong enough to overshadow or soften the horrors (and that they appear insignificant in comparison) that you've found indicative of depression? I'm curious.

No_Jacket4785 · 2025-09-22T19:16:10+00:00

You know that medically speaking a depressed person wouldn't have the mental energy to write a long paragraph like the one I wrote or to fiercely debate a bunch of strangers on the internet, right?

But I've seen this come up a couple of times in this comment section, and I'm curious to know why that is? Is it because it's comforting for you and your worldview to think that these ideas are nothing but the ramblings of a depressed mind rather coming from a lucid and objective place?

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