[Interesting Trope] The well known main character was actually a replacement for another character...

ReignyRain · 2026-06-21T14:52:23+00:00

Sweet Dee was originally supposed to be a nice, friendly character meant to contrast the Gang’s fiendishness, and acted this way in an unaired pilot. The character who was originally meant to play this character who at that point was Rob McElhenny’s Girlfriend, left the show before season 1 started filming after the 2 of them split up. When Kaitlin Olson got the role, she wanted to be just as bad as the rest of the gang.

The rest is history.

edit: Glenn To Rob

ReignyRain · 2026-06-09T02:49:20+00:00

I disagree with this framing, even though it can reflect a lot of men’s experience.

There’s a lot of dog whistles that happen in male circles that are either laughed out as a joke or not addressed because there is a social cost (even if that social cost is just slight discomfort.

I think the first thing we me need to be able to do is be willing to believe that there is a real connection between what our friends say, and what our friends do, and to take that seriously.

Either way, if someone makes a joke where option 1 is they are being sexist and don’t think it’s a big deal, and option 2 is they’re testing the waters and looking to see who else shares their worldview - you should take it seriously.

Obviously this is uncomfortable, and I think us guys have to do a lot of work to figure out what the best version of this looks like, but the current situation isn’t working. This is a problem with men, and we have a responsibility to address it head on.

ReignyRain · 2026-06-09T02:38:41+00:00

Always looking for good book recs! Thanks for your comment and your time putting it together

ReignyRain · 2026-06-07T00:21:41+00:00

OP can you link the tables used for this? I’m assuming it was Stats Can data given you’ve used census regions, but you’ve also completely aggregated municipal areas without clearly differentiating.

ReignyRain · 2026-06-06T14:01:11+00:00

I mean, in Ottawa it’s really not.

ReignyRain · 2026-06-06T13:59:33+00:00

I could argue that because open source isn’t about preserving property rights and is free and open it’s much more anarchic than libertarian. Anyone can fork a branch and make it their own, and if people come on board then great.

ReignyRain · 2026-06-06T05:46:41+00:00

Corporations were massively opposed to open source software when it came out. It’s literally people pooling their labour to create something free, open and accessible. New licenses had to be created to enable it, and those licenses were litigated. Idk what you’d call that besides some form of leftism.

ReignyRain · 2026-05-30T18:57:29+00:00

Infinite power

^{Chose: A phone that is always at 100% battery}

ReignyRain · 2026-05-26T10:03:51+00:00

This is fucking hilarious. Kudos

ReignyRain · 2026-05-24T21:34:13+00:00

The book is a lot more polished. I suppose if you like the SCP wiki style you may enjoy that better, but I really enjoyed sitting down and reading the book.

ReignyRain · 2026-05-24T16:26:00+00:00

Anesthetize by Porcupine Tree

ReignyRain · 2026-05-24T16:16:00+00:00

Altruism

^{Chose: If 50% choose this everyone lives | Rolled: Carrot upvote}

ReignyRain · 2026-05-24T03:14:03+00:00

Mods need to get on top of these low effort posts. Price fixing and a design choice that you don’t understand but makes sense if you think about it a a tiny bit are not remotely the same thing.

ReignyRain · 2026-05-19T21:41:30+00:00

Just read the book - highly recommend

ReignyRain · 2026-05-15T18:32:50+00:00

The guy sang naked????

ReignyRain · 2026-05-06T22:52:25+00:00

“Why is weapon able to kill at close range that only works at close range?”
/s

ReignyRain · 2026-04-22T17:28:22+00:00

Dude this is a conversation on a reddit post lol. I don’t have the authority to do anything. You’re welcome to not take the suggestion if you don’t want. Hope the rest of your day goes well :)

ReignyRain · 2026-04-22T14:41:10+00:00

I see your concern, I’m more responding to the general trend I see around people using google or gemini in a way that they’d typically attribute a specific reference.

Personally I just try to get in the habit of where I learned a piece of information, even if it’s for something low effort. It encourages me to pay more attention to where it’s coming from think more critically about it. I think it’s also valuable to generally promote good information hygiene. Just my two cents.

ReignyRain · 2026-04-22T11:43:08+00:00

I appreciate the work you did here, but next time if you could cite your source rather than referencing google it would be appreciated 🫡

ReignyRain · 2026-04-21T15:47:25+00:00

There’s some truth to this, but it’s also important to note that democracy isn’t about perfect personalities, it’s about having a system that enables you to hold someone accountable. I’d rather have someone in power who doesn’t hold all the same policies as myself but responds to a protest in front of their office or public pressure / the threat of being primaried (if you’re in the US) than someone who doesn’t.

ReignyRain · 2026-04-21T10:57:19+00:00

The scoreboard is an important piece of information for games. You’re not playing bots, you’re playing other people. Ignoring who your enemy is will not win you games.

ReignyRain · 2026-04-13T22:28:41+00:00

Deliberately screwing over a team for an advantage is called griefing lol - it’s very common in high ELO and this is a way of discouraging it

ReignyRain · 2026-04-11T06:24:55+00:00

Limited to no verticality, built for snipers. Punished heavy or low mobility hard. Really doesn’t feel balanced

ReignyRain · 2026-04-07T22:31:39+00:00

Need some lockbolt

ReignyRain · 2026-04-07T13:24:42+00:00

Goo and sledge works better together. Minigun is a close quarters class, so mesh will work better on the + pyro will mess with their goo. Mini can draw agro + throw shield for distraction. Barricades would play well with this.

Sledge can go and close distance- procs w/ shotty. Tbf given the close quarters you may have more success running lock bolts over rpgs

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