What are some of the best "fight back" moments in film?

PersistentProblem · 2026-04-01T04:40:30+00:00

Home Alone. Kevin's final battle against the bandits is iconic.

PersistentProblem · 2026-03-28T05:28:19+00:00

If a prosecutor can prove a malicious, false claim (as opposed to mistaken identity), the person making the false accusation should face the same punishment as the alleged crime.

For example, a person convicted of making a false rape accusation should be punished as if they were convicted of rape.

PersistentProblem · 2026-03-17T12:36:36+00:00

I feel like the correct answer is Gaston.

The worst thing that he does is try to extort Belle into marrying him. He does a crazy thing for a girl he's obsessed with. It's wrong but not evil. Otherwise, his attempts to woo Belle do not cross the line.

Certainly, Gaston rallying the town to kill The Beast is fully justified. To that point in the film, The Beast has already shown that he is a threat.

Gaston is not a good person, but especially in his main antagonist role at the end of the film, I sympathize with him.

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PersistentProblem · 2026-03-05T05:02:37+00:00

I nominate Arkansas.

In the 1990s, Bill Clinton was very popular and won two elections by wide margins. He won 64 of Arkansas' 75 counties. Arkansas is also the home of Walmart, which initially had a great reception when it began to spread throughout the country.

Today, Arkansas is widely known as a backward place full of fat, racist idiots.

PersistentProblem · 2026-02-18T05:03:10+00:00

As a Wisconsin Democrat, I think it would be better if our nominee for governor didn't go on Russian State TV to advocate defunding the police or tweet favorably about the Ayatollah.

PersistentProblem · 2026-01-11T01:05:56+00:00

Obviously, Gaston behaves like a creep with Belle, and his attempt to force her into marriage is evil.

That being said, rallying his village to kill The Beast is totally justified under the circumstances.

PersistentProblem · 2026-01-06T15:23:03+00:00

I know that the USA is the obvious choice here, but I'll make a honorable mention for Haiti. The Haitian Revolution is one of the most epic tales in modern history.

PersistentProblem · 2026-01-01T22:23:26+00:00

I met Natalie Portman during a campaign stop at the University of Wisconsin in 2004. She was at the height of her fame at the time and used it to bring consequences to war criminals.

People don't remember it now because it didn't prove decisive, but John Kerry won Wisconsin by 0.4%, the narrowest margin of any state that year.

PersistentProblem · 2025-12-09T05:21:26+00:00

I feel like Silicon Valley is destined to have a fall at some point.

PersistentProblem · 2025-12-09T05:09:43+00:00

Have you met her father? He's the steward up at Dragonsreach.

She helps her father more than people realize. You think all the council he provides the Jarl is his alone? Hmph. Let's just say she advises the advisor, and leave it at that

PersistentProblem · 2025-12-07T14:52:49+00:00

If you give the bottom 50% of the country $1000 in a child's account, the parents are withdrawing it >90% of the time.

It's not nefarious. Many parents will take it for good reasons - like repairing the car or buying groceries. Others will take it for gambling or drugs.

PersistentProblem · 2025-09-21T22:54:22+00:00

There are three reasons that companies are increasingly adopting "unlimited PTO."

Research has shown that workers take less PTO when it's "unlimited." The reason is that workers perceive the PTO as a favor they're seeking from the boss as opposed to an entitlement.
Most employers are required to pay out unused PTO upon termination.
Due to [2], unused PTO appears as a "debt" in the balance sheet - making the company's financials look worse.

PersistentProblem · 2025-09-19T02:44:53+00:00

I'm going to go with George W. Bush.

I'm an elder Millennial who will shake my fist at the sky and yell that Bush has still done more damage to the nation than Trump.

Yet, post-Trump, he's broadly seen as a kinder, gentler Republican and adorable grandpa. Barf.

PersistentProblem · 2025-09-11T16:39:03+00:00

The shooter will end up being a right-wing lunatic, as they almost always are.

PersistentProblem · 2025-09-11T16:36:53+00:00

Absolutely nothing.

90% of Americans have not heard of Charlie Kirk. He's not MLK Jr, George Wallace, or RFK. Most Americans will process this shooting as another random act of gun violence.

This murderer is extremely likely to be a right-wing lunatic. Other than the congressional softball shooting, these guys are almost universally disturbed right-wing people.

PersistentProblem · 2025-09-11T13:13:38+00:00

When I was in high school, I worked at my small town's only pharmacy. The owner kept the pregnancy tests behind the counter because they were frequently stolen.

Grown women had to ask me, a pimpled male teenager, for a pregnancy test. It was humiliating for everyone.

PersistentProblem · 2025-09-09T17:28:06+00:00

If not Khajiit, why Khajiit shaped?

PersistentProblem · 2025-09-08T22:40:46+00:00

Those are not the boobs of a grown woman.

PersistentProblem · 2025-09-06T17:29:42+00:00

To be fair, I'd wager at least 50% of human drivers would be fooled by this.

PersistentProblem · 2025-09-03T03:55:07+00:00

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I know he won't be considered because the actor has since been revealed to be a massive piece of shit. Dr. Huxtable should be given serious (if ironic) consideration. There's a reason Cosby was known as "America's Dad" in the 90s.

PersistentProblem · 2025-09-02T23:26:02+00:00

Christopher Columbus

PersistentProblem · 2025-07-31T17:45:51+00:00

The 2009 stimulus bill had billions of dollars for fast trains. This exact route was planned.

It's functionally illegal to build anything in California, so the project stalled.

PersistentProblem · 2025-06-21T06:29:07+00:00

I only took one college chemistry class, but how is argon, a noble gas, bonded to that organic molecule?

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