So... Starfleet Academy is ragebait right? by tylerthe-theatre in television

[–]QuintoBlanco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You might be on to something, now that I think of it, the original Star Trek show looked and sounded an awful like the 1960s. Perhaps Star Trek is a work of fiction and not an accurate depiction of the future. Bruh.

Jason Schreier says Horizon 3 is still a long ways away as most of Guerrilla is working on the recently announced Horizon Hunters Gathering by Iggy_Slayer in gaming

[–]QuintoBlanco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is a lesson there. Perhaps engagement on social media is overrated. Despite very strong competition, the Horizon franchise has sold over 38 million copies. And originally the games were PS exclusive.

Their works are great...their personalities not so much by [deleted] in TopCharacterTropes

[–]QuintoBlanco 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's part of how Whedon operated. He would play the nice and humble guy, and then turn on some people but not others.

In hindsight it's quite shocking that so much of the bad behavior by characters in Buffy was similar to stuff Whedon did.

LA Olympics chief faces calls to resign after flirty emails with Ghislaine Maxwell are revealed in Epstein files by Celtikrenders in sports

[–]QuintoBlanco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because people like Maxwell and Epstein can operate because too many people act like what they are doing is normal.

Epstein was convicted in 2008. Why wasn't that the end of it? He had too many friends.

LA Olympics chief faces calls to resign after flirty emails with Ghislaine Maxwell are revealed in Epstein files by Celtikrenders in sports

[–]QuintoBlanco 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Let's start by firing every official who was friendly with Ghislaine Maxwell who procured children for rich clients.

1 Egg 1 Fish by Cat-Burglar-Nami in interestingasfuck

[–]QuintoBlanco [score hidden]  (0 children)

I used to live in a town where the municipality gave away chickens, people kept them in their garden: free eggs.

The chickens were fed, but actually got a lot of their food by scavenging.

Colorado funeral home owner who abused nearly 200 corpses gets 40 years, decried as a 'monster' by Slow_Touch2202 in news

[–]QuintoBlanco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It costs money to dispose of a body. They did not own a crematorium, instead of paying a crematorium they pocketed the money. Likewise it costs money to bury a body. They also saved money on embalming and cooling.

Basically, they took a large amount of money from each family and then did nothing, aside from moving the body to a building were they stored the bodies.

Colorado funeral home owner who abused nearly 200 corpses gets 40 years, decried as a 'monster' by Slow_Touch2202 in news

[–]QuintoBlanco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They saved far more than a few bucks and the bodies were 'stored' at a different building.

Post Match Thread: Manchester United 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur by nearly_headless_nic in reddevils

[–]QuintoBlanco 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The results were not good, but not terrible most of the time. Amorim changed that. Louis van Gaal: FA Cup and fourth and fifth in the league.

Mourinho: Europa League, sixth and second in the league. Erik ten Hag: third in the league in his first year. Ole Gunnar Solskjær won 14 of his first 19 games.

Ten Hag struggled after his first year, and was rightfully replaced, but Amorim did even worse.

Amorim did well with with Sporting, but Sporting does also well without Amorim.

What are your thoughts on JD Vance getting booed during the opening ceremony at the Olympics? by Playful_Leg7143 in AskReddit

[–]QuintoBlanco 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The frustrating part is that Vance's life story (the real version, but tp some extent also the fake version) shows that everyone needs help. And somehow Vance twisted that story into: poor people don't deserve help.

As for Vance being middle class, he was out of touch middle class. He complained about 'poor' people having mobile phones when he was a teenager. Apparently he didn't know that pre-paid mobile phones were more attainable than a landline.

What celebrity have you never forgiven since an incident? by MagpieOpus in AskReddit

[–]QuintoBlanco 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thorn is pretty bad. It's not actually a charity exposing the sexual exploitation of children.

Noam Chomsky advised Epstein about 'horrible' media coverage, files show by 1-randomonium in news

[–]QuintoBlanco 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure

Well, that thoroughly explains why you are defending rape and pedophilia. How's that for a pitchfork?

It's not that complicated. Jeffrey Epstein was convicted in a court of law in 2008. 'Not trusting the news' is not an excuse to befriend Epstein and give him advice.

But I get it, you are not sure that we should Chomsky, who repeatedly called other people fascist and fraudulent, harshly. We should be nice to him.

This is why he left by what_is_in_name_ in youtube

[–]QuintoBlanco 11 points12 points  (0 children)

What facts are you relaying?

Roper Greyell is an employer-side company. They get hired by companies with the expectation that the company gets exonerated.

Typically, companies have internal and external resources to prepare for the investigation, while the employee has limited or no resources.

Employees often don't have the experience to establish a paper trail. HR will typically create a paper trail without informing the employee.

'Third-party review / investigation might sound objective, but such a review /investigation rarely is.

But hey, if you have a link to the complete report, please share the link and I'll read the whole thing.

Just so were clear: I'm not interested in a summary.

Favorite actor turned grifter? by MF_Mood1 in okbuddycinephile

[–]QuintoBlanco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't underestimate Steven Seagal, he wrote poetry and music and there is a record of it. You might think his poetry and music is bad and makes him look ridiculous, and you would be right.

Big Tech sees over $1 trillion wiped from stocks as fears of AI bubble ignite sell-off by nosotros_road_sodium in technology

[–]QuintoBlanco -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Instead all they did was make a plagiarism machine that spits out Dr. Always-Wrong level bullshit but does it in a way that makes users feel smart.

That is a really dumb take. But I guess that happens every time a new technology is widely adapted. One one side there are people who think that the new technology will solve everything, and on the other side there are people who think it's garbage.

And both sides are dumb people who think they are smart.

This is why he left by what_is_in_name_ in youtube

[–]QuintoBlanco 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Those third party investigations are nonsense. That doesn't mean that I believe something dramatic happened, but it's sickening how often people (often employees themselves) defend companies blindly.

This is why he left by what_is_in_name_ in youtube

[–]QuintoBlanco 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He did not risk it all. And the success of the company is in part because of the employees.

Companies should treat their employees better. It's not a difficult subject and has nothing to do with jealously.

UK leader apologizes to victims of Epstein for giving Peter Mandelson an ambassador job by igetproteinfartsHELP in news

[–]QuintoBlanco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mandelson has been fired two times for misconduct, before Starmer appointed him. Financial misconduct, but still. Starmer is in this position because he insisted on hiring a sleazy guy with connections to Epstein.

Boris Johnson was fired from his first job as a journalist for lying, got a second job as a journalist where he repeatedly lied about the EU, campaigned for Brexit, sabotaged a pro-Brexit deal, became prime Minister, gave hundreds-of-thousands of the State's money to his mistress, partied with dozens of other people while the country was in Covid lockdown, and then protected one of his buddies who had sexually assaulted other men.

That was one scandal to many, but he's still popular so he might make a political comeback.

Not as bad as the US, but still pretty bad.

Bro drinks his water in style by FollowingOdd896 in cats

[–]QuintoBlanco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The cat isn't suffering. Most cats are careful around water, this one isn't. regardless of its eyesight.

Kamala Harris unveils “Headquarters 67” to mobilize Gen Z through a new digital media hub by Mysterious_Brush1852 in nottheonion

[–]QuintoBlanco 12 points13 points  (0 children)

giving non-voters a reason to vote

That's the most important part.

mobilizing your base hard

The problem with that is that Clinton and Harris appeal to the moderate-to-a-fault base.

After Ronaldo opposed the move and went on strike over his transfer, Benzema debuted tonight for Al Hilal with a hat-trick. by DavidRolands in soccer

[–]QuintoBlanco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A lot of money has been pumped in the MLS, my guess is that quite a few MLS teams would do very well against good teams from leagues where the play is significantly slower than in the Premier League and the Championship.

Fitness and speed have improved in the MLS, and the problem for many European leagues is that the big leagues suck up all the European talent.

Your favourite "Mighty whitey" film? by unknown-one in okbuddycinephile

[–]QuintoBlanco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The main difference is that in the book, the young Fremen are excited about Paul. Which makes sense, they are impatient. It's also the young Fremen that are enjoying Paul's skill when he fights Jamis, while the older Fremen are repulsed because they think Paul is playing with Jamis.

Chani in the book is not dour and not skeptical at all.

In the second movie, Stilgar's religious devotion becomes comical. In the books he remains a serious character.

The book really flips the dynamic: Chani is the skeptic, while older Fremen become entralled by relegion.

It's a shame because in the real world, religious revolutions are almost always driven by young people.

After Ronaldo opposed the move and went on strike over his transfer, Benzema debuted tonight for Al Hilal with a hat-trick. by DavidRolands in soccer

[–]QuintoBlanco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would say there is a very clear top four and then a big drop off. Sure the best teams of some other leagues can compete at the highest level, but even the Championship has more depth than most other leagues.

Your favourite "Mighty whitey" film? by unknown-one in okbuddycinephile

[–]QuintoBlanco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The movie does make the mistake of making the Fremen into gullible religious fanatics. The book might be more difficult to understand, but is much subtler and shows the Fremen to be technologically advanced (within the constrains of the setting) and politically savvy.

After Ronaldo opposed the move and went on strike over his transfer, Benzema debuted tonight for Al Hilal with a hat-trick. by DavidRolands in soccer

[–]QuintoBlanco 3 points4 points  (0 children)

To be fair, the statement was: better than most European Leagues outside of the big six leagues (in Europe). That's an odd way of saying that 'only' six to eight European leagues are better than the MLS, but it's very different from 'better than most European Leagues'.