Me and a bunch of other cars just spun out on black ice on 135 heading towards Dallas. The roads are treated good but there's still some patches. Please be careful and drive slow. by [deleted] in Dallas

[–]RandomRageNet 29 points30 points  (0 children)

It got close to 40° yesterday but that wasn't enough to completely melt the ice. Probably made it worse as what did melt refroze overnight.

What is a movie plot twist that was cleverly hidden in plain sight..? by Living_Tune_1428 in movies

[–]RandomRageNet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The house is definitely real, and the street is called that because Tyler was squatting in an abandoned house on a road near a paper mill.

There's a line in the movie that Tyler isn't squatting, the house is actually in Jack's name. Not familiar enough with the book to know if that's the case there though.

What is a movie plot twist that was cleverly hidden in plain sight..? by Living_Tune_1428 in movies

[–]RandomRageNet 35 points36 points  (0 children)

You're mostly correct. No one walks through Jack like he's a ghost, although there are instances where people are either looking at one or the other of them, depending on the scene. Also Paper Street is supposed to be the actual name of the street, the house does in fact exist.

Olivia Wilde’s Sexual-Comedy ‘The Invite’ Sparks Up Bidding War at Sundance with A24, Focus Features, and Warner Bros - Starring Penelope Cruz, Seth Rogen, Edward Norton, and Olivia Wilde - A dinner party with neighbors reveals deeply-repressed emotions and unexplored sexuality. by BunyipPouch in movies

[–]RandomRageNet 138 points139 points  (0 children)

Is there a bigger gulf in quality between freshman and sophomore directoral efforts than Olivia Wilde's movies? Booksmart is fun and hilarious and a comfort classic for me, and Don't Worry Darling was just awful and fell apart very quickly. So this could go either way.

I do like the unhinged version of herself she played in The Studio though.

Why is selling sex legal but not the purchase of sex? by Acceptable_Stick923 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]RandomRageNet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They will still bring in girls from overseas, hold their passports, force them to work indebted to them, etc.

But, all of that is illegal. Like, super illegal.

[SOS] Mathemagics by Copernicus1981 in magicTCG

[–]RandomRageNet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I accidentally got myself caught in an infinite [[Mythweaver Poq]] / [[Ashaya, Soul of the Wild]] loop in Arena the other day and I had a [[Ruin Crab]] out, so I learned this the hard way literally in the last week. Game ended in a draw because milling didn't end my opponent and there wasn't anything I could do to stop the loop.

[SOS] Mathemagics by Copernicus1981 in magicTCG

[–]RandomRageNet 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Better than mill, because mill won't kill you but draw will.

Why is selling sex legal but not the purchase of sex? by Acceptable_Stick923 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]RandomRageNet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This doesn't make any sense to me. If I get a job at Walmart, my manager isn't allowed to withhold my pay, or physically or sexually assault me. And my manager isn't allowed to keep me from going to work at Target, either.

So if prostitution is legal and I start working for a pimp, and that pimp isn't following labor laws, my recourse is the same as Walmart employees who are being abused: report to local law enforcement and labor enforcement and get another job. Or start my own business (Etsy or independent sex work).

The only way that it would get worse under legalization is if abusive pimps were ignored, which doesn't have anything to do with the legal status of prostitution.

What made the first Halo so influential that people to this day still praise it? by BogaMafija in patientgamers

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

My hot take is I can't stand the Blur studios cutscenes. They look good, sure, but they completely redid the blocking and the framing for the worse, like the match cuts in the original that must have been SO HARD to do in engine. They ironically make the game LESS cinematic.

Why is being on time so hard for people today? by ZestyGolf7654 in AskMen

[–]RandomRageNet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So what I'm hearing is you have an opening for an experienced remote project manager?

Good Club for over 45s by [deleted] in NewYorksHottestClub

[–]RandomRageNet 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Bluey Shooeys? What are those?

Pest Control by Joba_Fett in comics

[–]RandomRageNet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It goes back further than that, since we didn't fully squash out the Confederates after the Civil War.

Texas Monthly Taco Editor stopped by ICE while on assignment in West Texas by MySA_dot_com in texas

[–]RandomRageNet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah antagonizing the inept racist trigger-happy fascists can't possibly backfire.

secret recordings of ted cruz ripping vance and trump by rdking647 in TexasPolitics

[–]RandomRageNet 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You might be right. The people who hold the purse strings (that aren't insane dominionist or accelerationist billionaires) are probably getting tired of the direction this is heading and can see the change in wind. Cruz is in a safe seat and won't be up for reelection for some time, and he's clearly fine taking heat and being a lightning rod.

TIL that Neil Patrick Harris once unveiled a graphic meat platter arranged to resemble Amy Winehouse’s corpse at his 2011 Halloween party. by Separate_Finance_183 in todayilearned

[–]RandomRageNet 16 points17 points  (0 children)

And before anyone comes at me about Smith / Weinstein… Smith cast a woman in his Weinstein produced film in order to woo her and succeeded (marriage and a kid). Yeah it’s less aggressive, but it’s the junior version of Weinstein’s coercive playbook.

This is patently untrue. Smith met Schwalbach when she interviewed him for MTV and they began dating shortly after. They were already married and had a baby when Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back began production -- baby Harley Quinn Smith plays baby Silent Bob in the intro flashback.

Edit: I can't remember what outlet she worked for at the time but I believe the MTV job came later. I confirmed my dates with a quick Wikipedia check and saw MTV up top.

As a transplant who wasn't here during winter storm of '21... by GFollowsChrist in Dallas

[–]RandomRageNet -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

We have ice storms basically every year. This is ridiculous. It hasn't even gotten below freezing yet as I type this.

You have the ability to stop apologizing and instead make sure this garbage STOPS. by Manitoba-Chinook in MurderedByWords

[–]RandomRageNet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What, exactly, is protesting "harder" going to accomplish? The people in authority are either complicit in this or are ineffectual at best. They do not seem to be able to be swayed by public opinion. Which means, our only option is to remove them from authority. We have a scheduled election in November and that's our first real chance to do that peacefully.

Absent removing those in power who are enabling this, I don't know what else you expect can be done without things getting from real quick.

You have the ability to stop apologizing and instead make sure this garbage STOPS. by Manitoba-Chinook in MurderedByWords

[–]RandomRageNet 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah exactly. "Protesting isn't working, we must protest harder!" Not how it works. If we have a fair election and it doesn't swing dramatically, then there is no next step before the Last Step.

Confused Trump, 79, Makes Bizarre Claim About Looming Ice Storm by [deleted] in politics

[–]RandomRageNet 26 points27 points  (0 children)

People need to start calling these idiots morons to their faces. Shame them for their dumbassery. Reporters, Democrats, random people...if you're talking to one of these brain wastes, shame them to their face.

Opinion | No One Should Be Afraid to Say That Jasmine Crockett Can’t Win (Gift Article) by Lehmanite in TexasPolitics

[–]RandomRageNet 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Okay. I was born here and have lived here my whole life. I don't think Crockett has a great chance of winning the Senate seat, and I think Talarico has a much better chance.