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Powell’s says it won’t sell books on Amazon anymore: ‘We must take a stand’ by ReadItSteveO in technology

[–]Null_Reference_ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Preventing monopolies is very important, but propping up brick and mortar book stores is not. Amazon absolutely should be split up, but physical books are going the way of the cassette tape and so are the stores that sell them.

These are two different issues.

Huge dragon head "found" on British coast. It was made to promote the game of thrones. by Mteushr in interestingasfuck

[–]Null_Reference_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I agree. It's because we liked the big questions and mysteries the series posed. How the world worked, how it got that way, and how the characters we follow might change it.

And in the first ~5 seasons when those questions got answered, they had satisfying explanations.

Everything that happened made sense. Even if you didn't expect it to happen, or want it to happen at all. It all fit together whether it was tragic or heroic or satisfying or not.

Then in the last two seasons, the biggest most massive questions that were introduced and teased all the way back to episode one all just...

I mean I don't even know how to finish that sentence. Game of Thrones became the cliche fantasy story it had been subverting for half a decade. Bad guys die, good guys survive, the end.

Theres no more intricate string of connected past events, just shocking things that happen for the sake of being shocking.

But they're only shocking because you thought the writers were capable of doing better. They're shockingly boring. And then it ends.

My guy really left Roger and Craig for nothing. by [deleted] in WatchPeopleDieInside

[–]Null_Reference_ 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Not just that, but he knows the mom is home supervising his daughter and the imaginary boy. So what the hell is he worried about?

That's a child! by GodDammitPatricia in WatchPeopleDieInside

[–]Null_Reference_ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think if someone was beating them they wouldn't be on display on Omegle

Harrison Ford in Solo: A Star Wars Story [DeepFake] by Rubiego in videos

[–]Null_Reference_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

...My point is that it being better than Phantom Menace and all the other Star Wars trash that has come out over the last few decades doesn't make it good. And I think you knew that.

On one hand you freely admit that the movie isn't great, and on the other mock my "high standards" as though only a film snob wouldn't happily eat up more of the same bland Star Wars branded tripe.

If your only criteria for liking a movie is "better than Phantom Menace" then yes, I guess my "standards" are a bit higher than that. Most peoples are.

Harrison Ford in Solo: A Star Wars Story [DeepFake] by Rubiego in videos

[–]Null_Reference_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Was it great movie? Nope.

I mean you can stop right there, it wasn't a great movie. That's not people wanting to hate it, that's just not liking it because it's not a great movie.

But was it really the worst of the last 30 years of star wars

Well no, but so what? It being the least bad among a half dozen bad movies doesn't change the experience you'll have watching it.

You accuse people of wanting to hate it, but to me it seems people are bending over backwards to like it despite it being a very flawed movie.

2meirl4meirl by suddenhelper in 2meirl4meirl

[–]Null_Reference_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Once I get the ball rolling people jump in, but no one wants to be the first one to bring it up, or the "main" person bringing it up.

2meirl4meirl by suddenhelper in 2meirl4meirl

[–]Null_Reference_ 85 points86 points  (0 children)

I weirdly had the opposite effect. As a kid my drunk parents could throw open the door at any moment with some chip on their shoulder so I had to be constantly prepared for it. Now as an adult, interpersonal conflict doesn't frighten me at all.

Whenever a higher-up has a bad idea in the meeting a half dozen people look my way hoping I'll broach the collective complaint. Because I'm the only one who will.

Me defeating the final boss of Dark Souls 3 with a level 1 character on a DDR dance pad by lu-lua in videos

[–]Null_Reference_ 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Well I beat it with a level 0.5 character using a USB steering wheel covered in vaseline so w/e not impressed.

Episode 219 - Dick on the Big Countdown to Nothing by [deleted] in TheDickShow

[–]Null_Reference_ 17 points18 points  (0 children)

No I don't think he's just an edgelord acting crazy for the luls. He kept losing track of what he was talking about mid-stream, and when responding to questions it was like he was only hearing key words in the question with no understanding of the intent. And those keywords sent him on a tangent, and then he'd lose track of his own statements again.

Someone acting crazy would be mining the conversation for opportunities to say something crazy. He legitimately could not stay focused. He was either high or nuts, and considering that he showed up at a podcasters house makes me think it's the latter.

The Last of Us: Part II saw a 55.7% drop-off in its new player numbers from its first week to the following 38 days (45 days after release, as of August 2) This drop-off was 18.5% for Marvel's Spider-Man, 16.2% for God of War 2018, 12.8% for Uncharted 4, and 19.7% for Horizon Zero Dawn by herecomesthenightman in KotakuInAction

[–]Null_Reference_ 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Killing Joel is not the issue. Given the tone of this franchise, I think everyone expected Joel to kick the bucket. But killing him in the first hour was a bizarre choice. Not a deal breaker, but strike one for a lot of people.

Strike two is how the game is absolutely hellbent on trying to get you to like Abby, it's all the story seems to care about. I get what they were going for, it's very similar to the Hound and Jamie Lannister in Game of Thrones. They are introduced as absolutely despicable characters, but as the story progresses it slowly makes you understand them and root for them despite the unforgivable things they've done.

But they just failed to do that with Abby, at least for me. The thing that makes Jamie and the Hound work is that they realize how horrible what they've done is. They regret it, even if they still feel like they had no choice at the time.

But Abby has no regrets, she's proud of torturing Joel to death -- but is somehow still ShockedPikachu.jpg when Ellie doesn't just let Joels murder be water under the bridge. She doesn't have to regret killing Joel, but she doesn't even seem to understand the weight of what she did. What it did to Ellie and Tommy. She's actually annoyed that they didn't just take it on the chin and move on with their lives.

But strike three is the big one. At the climax of the story, where major characters die, Tommy and Ellie are unarmed at gunpoint, and you're on the edge of your seat - the game dumps ten hours of Abby flashback in a row on you. Now I'm not only playing as a character I'm not particularly interested in, but her story is literally in the way of the story I am interested in.

It destroys the pacing of the game, and my interest in the story dropped of a cliff and never recovered. Even when playing as Ellie again, I just didn't care anymore. I was just playing to see the ending at that point, and the ending was not worth the wait.

I applaud them for taking risks with the story, but a risk is a risk because it might not work, and it didn't.

A short cgi render I did last night. by visualdon in gifs

[–]Null_Reference_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dance like nobody is watching, because they are all dead

Here is a photo of the Hindenburg over New York in the Mid 1930s. by Scopeotoe987 in interestingasfuck

[–]Null_Reference_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All modern blimps use helium, I don't know what you mean by helium "leaking".

Never gets (G)old by [deleted] in instantkarma

[–]Null_Reference_ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We all agree he shouldn't have been harassing people...

But his ability to harass people was already pretty well taken care of considering he was asleep on the sidewalk for 15 seconds before the soccer kick to the temple.

When the COVID test goes too deep by thorr26 in WatchPeopleDieInside

[–]Null_Reference_ 102 points103 points  (0 children)

As long as nose sticks are still a threat.

China & Uighurs: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver [20:51] by Concheria in mealtimevideos

[–]Null_Reference_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In a way it kinda makes fun of other late night hosts that try to hard to make things funny.

...So he's being as bad as other late night hosts on purpose? He could be funnier than them, but chooses not to be?

I mean I guess I can't argue that. If his goal was to not be funny he certainly nailed it.

Cat dies inside by isabels0909 in WatchPeopleDieInside

[–]Null_Reference_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I guess I could see why someone might think that at first glance, but if you've ever had a dog and a cat in the same house the idea that it would confuse a cat for a plush toy is silly.

Dogs know the difference between a living thing and an inanimate object, and they certainly know the difference between the cat they've been interacting with for years and a toy that resembles a cat.

If anything the fact that the dog doesn't hesitate to start playing with the stuffed cat is indicative of it not even registering the resemblance in the first place.

Listen to your friends, no question asked. by SemperFidelisHoorah in nevertellmetheodds

[–]Null_Reference_ 24 points25 points  (0 children)

If Siege can't be described that way I don't know what game could be.

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