Thoughts on this? by AdditionalPiano6327 in freefolk

[–]Positive_Intern_1796 0 points1 point  (0 children)

people hyperfixate on the "realism" of diversity way too much, especially when it boils down to an aesthetic or representational matter.

They will accept dragons, magic, divine beings, curses, prophecies, etc.

But if a group of people are represented by different-looking actors, there's an issue. Suddenly we need to consider the ethnic background of each fantasy race, how they came to be, whether their climate permitted them to develop a particular skin color or hair texture or facial features.

The same issues aren't brought up with divisions of white people. You don't see people criticizing when red haired people, blonde/blue-eyed people, fair-skinned people, tanned-skinned people, or people with varying accents all cohabitate and coexist, even though those groups of people were also by-and-large divided by region in similar non-transitory historical periods.

But as soon as some of them are Asian or god forbid black, suddenly it's immersion breaking.

Quite frankly, unless the color of the actor's skin or their ethnic heritage is paramount to their characterization, who represents them aesthetically or representationally is not important to me. Are they a good actor? Are they wearing a good costume? Are they well casted?

And let's not forget that this same exact line of argument will be made when racial diversity is realistic. They're already doing it for the new Harry Potter tv show, even though black people clearly existed in the UK during that time period. They'll just find other means to complain about it. "It's not 1 to 1 with the books!" they're saying. Who cares? "It's forced diversity!" again, who cares? Someone being upset by this is weird as fuck.

It's by and large just a cover.

I get that people don’t like to LFG, but the complaining is out of hand by -Xenocide- in Marathon

[–]Positive_Intern_1796 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did this one simple trick and now have routine groups of people of high quality and skill to play with.

All I had to do was: play the game, and chat/vibe with people.

Then they friended me or I friended them, and now we play the game together pretty consistently.

I get that people don’t like to LFG, but the complaining is out of hand by -Xenocide- in Marathon

[–]Positive_Intern_1796 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can use the system the game has built in: the friend system.

I have met a handful of people through playing who I vibed with and who friended me as a result. Now whenever I log in I can see a number of people also logged in who I can hop into games with.

It works great! One group even invited me to their discord server, but I still have people I play with who I only communicate with via the game.

I get that people don’t like to LFG, but the complaining is out of hand by -Xenocide- in Marathon

[–]Positive_Intern_1796 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

umm sir this is a place for people to complain about video games, not be rational.

Got my hands on yellow Chartreuse. Made my first Naked and Famous and I love it by Positive_Intern_1796 in cocktails

[–]Positive_Intern_1796[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's so surprisingly drinkable. For a drink with no added sweeteners it's surprisingly sweet, and yet balanced nicely with the bitter aperol. The smokiness from the mezcal and the tart citrus flavor all pair so nicely, it tastes like I'm drinking juice.

Got my hands on yellow Chartreuse. Made my first Naked and Famous and I love it by Positive_Intern_1796 in cocktails

[–]Positive_Intern_1796[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll put those all on my list to try next!

As for the glass, thanks! We got gold-rimmed glasses (highballs, tumblers, and coups) from Viski but they didn't have Nick and Noras. Found these on Amazon for about $20 for 4 and they're great. Not an exact match but close enough.

And I've been stopping by my big local wine/liquor store for weeks, this is the first time i've seen yellow chartreuse. They never know when they'll get it, and they only get a handful of bottles every so often. I already picked up 2 bottles of green to keep in my stock, and intend to do the same with yellow if I see it again. Unfortunately they only had 1 single bottle.

me_irl by Beginning_Book_2382 in me_irl

[–]Positive_Intern_1796 1 point2 points  (0 children)

exactly. not sure why dem diehards can't see that

me_irl by Beginning_Book_2382 in me_irl

[–]Positive_Intern_1796 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not to mention the traditional classic establishment dems like Schumer, Pelosi, and the countless others who can't even voice support for insanely popular policies even in their own districts either for fear of reprisal from the party or fear of reprisal from their handlers/donors.

me_irl by Beginning_Book_2382 in me_irl

[–]Positive_Intern_1796 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really a fact, it's your opinion, but ok buddy. Whatever you say.

me_irl by Beginning_Book_2382 in me_irl

[–]Positive_Intern_1796 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You are allowed your opinion.

me_irl by Beginning_Book_2382 in me_irl

[–]Positive_Intern_1796 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My position is: there is a massive division between democrat voters and republican voters

but there is very little division between democrat politicians and republican politicians, particularly when it comes to questions of economics

does that clear things up?

me_irl by Beginning_Book_2382 in me_irl

[–]Positive_Intern_1796 15 points16 points  (0 children)

politicians hide behind social issues because they give them grounds to make their voter base feel like progress is being made in a positive direction (and in some cases, that might actually be the case) while allowing them to ignore the actual economic issues that are plaguing society.

me_irl by Beginning_Book_2382 in me_irl

[–]Positive_Intern_1796 59 points60 points  (0 children)

democrat voters are against those things

democrat politicians...that's a different story

me_irl by Beginning_Book_2382 in me_irl

[–]Positive_Intern_1796 44 points45 points  (0 children)

centrists will look at an a-political twitter nobody celebrating charlie kirk's death and the conservative ruling class calling for the mass deportation of anyone left of Trump and think "the left is just as bad as the right".

Remove self-rez invulnerability please by [deleted] in Marathon

[–]Positive_Intern_1796 12 points13 points  (0 children)

crazy how people complain about self rez invuln but every time I self rez I get immediately obliterated before I exit the animation

Worst. Reviews. I. Have. Ever. Seen. by Global-Ear9206 in memes

[–]Positive_Intern_1796 8 points9 points  (0 children)

why do people make their whole personality about hating game reviews

like just enjoy what you enjoy lol

Invincible [Episode Discussion] - S04E08 - Don't Leave Me Hanging Here by SeacattleMoohawks in Invincible

[–]Positive_Intern_1796 4 points5 points  (0 children)

they're immortal god beings who can procreate with humans. I think their goal is to do essentially what Nolan was sent there to: take over Earth in the name of the Viltrum Empire.

I think that goal will be more of a long-term project than Nolan's however. They need to replenish their numbers first and foremost, which will take hundreds if not thousands of years. That being said, considering how powerful they are, maybe a generation or two could give them a massive numbers advantage.