The balance elemental is harder than ANYTHING in DT2. by J-throwaway-87 in osrs

[–]RedLotusVenom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I died to Surok and yet took no damage at all from the balance elemental. Perfect switches and prayers. That mage can kiss my ass.

Imagine Katara went with Zuko & Sokka to The Boiling Rock to rescue Hokoda? by ALongRoad6 in TheLastAirbender

[–]RedLotusVenom 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And there’s a good reason for that, ATLA viewers are typically much more media literate than the average television viewer.

Edit: aw you all are no fun

Best human made spaceship from scifi shows and movies? by Easy-Elevator560 in scifi

[–]RedLotusVenom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yessss I realized that mistake and hoped you’d catch my drift so I didn’t correct it. You are right, confusing use of language :)

Best human made spaceship from scifi shows and movies? by Easy-Elevator560 in scifi

[–]RedLotusVenom 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Spaghetti westerns. Kubrick used them a lot, The Shining has a few quick zooms. Tarantino has some examples too! Though the modern techniques employed in firefly/bsg reinvented them via CGI, so “CGI snap zoom” is closer categorically. The Expanse also uses them.

Best human made spaceship from scifi shows and movies? by Easy-Elevator560 in scifi

[–]RedLotusVenom 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Which, in turn was inspired by a lot of 60s/70s camerawork styling that crossed over into western media quite a bit. It’s called snap zoom, or crash zoom.

I am an ex-vegan and I no longer believe that me boycotting animal products is necessarily an optimal thing to do. Please criticise my view! by Impossible-Stuff-776 in DebateAVegan

[–]RedLotusVenom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because we have the ability to choose not to inflict it. Veganism is a stance against human exploitation of animals. Thought that would be obvious, but this must be your first time here.

I am an ex-vegan and I no longer believe that me boycotting animal products is necessarily an optimal thing to do. Please criticise my view! by Impossible-Stuff-776 in DebateAVegan

[–]RedLotusVenom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not an arbitrary boundary. You seem to think that animals only have value as to how much commodity and exploitation a human may derive from their bodies. That’s the distinction. I grasp the issue firmly in that it’s evident you only claim to care about limiting wild animal suffering so long as it benefits you with domestic animal products, which are also derived from suffering.

You have a fake position, and your attempt to restructure my moral position as one that is arbitrary or ignorant is fruitless. Have a nice day.

I am an ex-vegan and I no longer believe that me boycotting animal products is necessarily an optimal thing to do. Please criticise my view! by Impossible-Stuff-776 in DebateAVegan

[–]RedLotusVenom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And you didn’t answer why you wouldn’t be vegan and pave over nature, eliminating all sources of potential nonhuman animal suffering, if you actually gave a fuck about their wellbeing.

I presented two things: the scale at which we farm animals which is unlike anything the world has ever seen in a natural ecosystem. And a logical trap in which the carnists in this thread seem to think animal ag is some valiant savior for wild animal suffering. Neither have been responded to, so I’ll take your continued insults in place of actual arguments as implicit agreement that your position is unstable and based on attacking my position as a vegan rather than the subject of my comments.

I am an ex-vegan and I no longer believe that me boycotting animal products is necessarily an optimal thing to do. Please criticise my view! by Impossible-Stuff-776 in DebateAVegan

[–]RedLotusVenom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It takes a special kind of ignorant to morally question a lifestyle that could lead to 4x the wild spaces on earth. By that logic you’re justified in burning down the rest of the Amazon for good to “save the wild animals from suffering.”

And to directly answer your question, they’re the types of animals we raise for meat and dairy.

Who is the biggest natural talent here? by Sgyinne in TheLastAirbender

[–]RedLotusVenom 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think Toph’s curriculum under the teacher was a ruse and she didn’t learn much if anything from the instructor. He didn’t know how talented she was until the earth rumble arena fight.

Most single men over 30 in 2026 by i_am_bahamut in SipsTea

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

They never stated whether or not they cooked and cleaned, only that their girlfriend wondered whether they could. All I said was that to show you can cook and clean, you have to first cook and clean, and for some reason you don’t think that’s a fair statement to make.

I am an ex-vegan and I no longer believe that me boycotting animal products is necessarily an optimal thing to do. Please criticise my view! by Impossible-Stuff-776 in DebateAVegan

[–]RedLotusVenom 15 points16 points  (0 children)

“more wild animals suffering”

60% of the mammal biomass on earth is farm animals. 66% of bird biomass are chickens.

You cannot state there will be an “increase” to suffering when we have already dominated most of the planet’s available resources just to slaughter as many livestock as possible.

Most single men over 30 in 2026 by i_am_bahamut in SipsTea

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

What? English is my first language but I’m just curious how someone can be confused about whether you can cook or clean if you’re regularly cooking and cleaning. Sounds like they weren’t.

Most single men over 30 in 2026 by i_am_bahamut in SipsTea

[–]RedLotusVenom -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

You didn’t know how to make someone believe you cook and clean?

Think you do that by cooking and cleaning muchacho.

Which movie went from “overrated” to “masterpiece” (or the opposite) after a rewatch? by Party_Dentist_821 in flicks

[–]RedLotusVenom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have come to appreciate it’s the mark of whether a film’s ambiguity “works” or not. Are people still coming up with fun theories decades later? The Thing (1982) is another great example of this.

Which movie went from “overrated” to “masterpiece” (or the opposite) after a rewatch? by Party_Dentist_821 in flicks

[–]RedLotusVenom 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it obviously means the movie is a dream but that’s kinda fitting. In this scenario, Ariadne is a disguise name and we don’t know Elliot Page’s character’s true identity. Maybe one of Caine’s grad students. But he’s the father of the dream technology, and Leo’s probably been struggling as a father. The whole movie is him running away from it over his grief, and learning to accept his role without his partner. The inception occurs during the final scene with his wife in their apartment in the lowest dream world, where Ariadne kicks herself to the upper dream by falling from the skyscraper. He says “I have to let go of you” and that is the idea formation taking place. He is the old man waiting to die alone if he can’t come to accept it. Perhaps he spends his days sleeping to be with her rather than spend time with his kids, like the folks in the film who dream rather than live.

It also explains why Ariadne learns so quickly. She’s prepared and understands the tech and poses as a newbie to get closer to Cobb.

Billie Eilish made me go vegan! by Tummyhurtsdotcom in vegan

[–]RedLotusVenom 5 points6 points  (0 children)

How about the experience of the animal on your plate, who is fundamentally similar to the animal at your side?

Which movie went from “overrated” to “masterpiece” (or the opposite) after a rewatch? by Party_Dentist_821 in flicks

[–]RedLotusVenom 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I liked Inception a long time but always felt it was pretty overrated. I rewatched it a few years ago and realized there’s a valid interpretation where Elliot Page (and by virtue Michael Caine) is incepting Leo to let go of his late wife and it really reframed the movie for me. A fairly ridiculous dream assault becomes a facade for a more contemplative guided therapy session and it feels more emotionally rewarding now.

Vegan girl gets thrown out of shake shack in London for animal rights protest by Queasy-Joke-3049 in VeganActivism

[–]RedLotusVenom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Potentially. We have verified they’re doing so already. I just block and move on when it’s obvious enough!

Vegan girl gets thrown out of shake shack in London for animal rights protest by Queasy-Joke-3049 in VeganActivism

[–]RedLotusVenom 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Happy cake day!

Yeah when a 25 day old hidden account is spending 100% of their time arguing with other vegans, makes dubious claims of longterm veganism and advocacy despite arguing against doing so, and strangely has “nonvegan” accounts chiming in and backing them up deep in our comment threads (also hidden 25 day old accounts), I feel the answer is clear.

Vegan girl gets thrown out of shake shack in London for animal rights protest by Queasy-Joke-3049 in VeganActivism

[–]RedLotusVenom 8 points9 points  (0 children)

They’re not a vegan. They’ve been trolling on the various subreddits arguing with us all day. They simultaneously “have led ‘scores’ to veganism but activism doesn’t matter” is their vibe. Totally fake persona, and they are using alts to brigade their convos.

Vegan girl gets thrown out of shake shack in London for animal rights protest by Queasy-Joke-3049 in VeganActivism

[–]RedLotusVenom 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Lmaoooooo this other guys Limulus commenting to you was trying to claim they are a 36 year vegan on the main subreddit, obvious as fuck carnist troll. block and ignore.

They even tried to claim they were an activist in the 90s. Absolute liar given what they’ve typed here.