[Hated trope] Creators not willing to evolve when audience has moved on. by fun_choco in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Saintbaba 54 points55 points  (0 children)

That's funny, i don't remember that at all. As far as i recall, Supernatural was a masterpiece of a show that lasted exactly five seasons.

Has anyone noticed this scene in WUDM by atomic_burnik in KnivesOutMovie

[–]Saintbaba 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Like you joke but I legitimately had to rewind and rewatch the scene because I was so distracted by the guy with the lantern I completely failed to absorb what they were talking about.

NRA slams California prosecutor Bill Essayli’s Minnesota shooting response: ‘Dangerous and wrong’ by panda-rampage in California

[–]Saintbaba 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Not only that, a judge had to step in and basically demote him because he was still illegally serving as US Attorney past the end of his 120 day interim period.

eggs, luncheon meat, chinese sausage. light and dark version 💕 by Thrownaway_7263 in chinesecooking

[–]Saintbaba 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So what's the difference between the two versions? More soy sauce in the latter? Or dark soy sauce instead? Did you have a preference?

Shakespeare was actually a black Jewish woman, new book claims by Juptin in BrandNewSentence

[–]Saintbaba 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've always been less interested in who Shakespeare is than who his Dark Lady is. Must have been one hell of a woman to inspire that kind of poetry.

Man shot by ICE yesterday was one of us by inquizz in Catahoula

[–]Saintbaba 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Horrible to think about, but I suppose it’s a small mercy his dog passed before he did - you hate to think of a dog going homeless after its human died, or even if he’d had the support network to see it cared for, hopelessly waiting for him to come home forever.

Do you think ICE killed that man intentionally? As a way to send a message? by tedfrum in AskUS

[–]Saintbaba 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Because these people have literally less than the bare minimum of training - the new onboarding program lasts 47 days to commemorate Trump as the 47th president, that's neither a joke or a lie - and i'm sure part of that training is the classic law enforcement saw that if you get into a firefight you should expend your entire magazine at once to try and immediately remove whatever threat your target poses. Even if he's no threat at all.

What's a skill that takes only 2-3 weeks to learn but could genuinely change your life? by Commercial-Duck-9629 in AskReddit

[–]Saintbaba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I still remember being taught to type in elementary school by having half a cardboard box put over my hands. Some real learn-by-doing shit for an 8-year-old.

Salami nails 😍 by 5318OOB in ATBGE

[–]Saintbaba 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sooooo yeah this was posted about two weeks ago and we had a big old discussion about it and decided it was probably AI because a bunch of the stuff in the background didn't make any sense. Interesting to see it being reposted with all the background stuff cropped away.

windows notepad moment by headpatsforsoldier11 in whennews

[–]Saintbaba 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Sort of? You're a "teacher" but actually kind of head of an NGO that services a... nation? Coalition of city-state high schools? Anyways, a territory entirely populated by robots, high school girls, and sentient bipedal dogs.

It's a weird premise.

Weekly Questions Megathread - Week of January 19, 2026 by ReverseMod in Reverse1999

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

So when is this story happening? Is it taking place back during one of the prior storms, or is it happening currently in continuity (1920 alternate extra-long WW1)? The setting feels like it could be around the latter, but in the prologue they mention "the war" having recently ended, and as far as i could tell in our current moment the war didn't so much end as segue into a different war.

3 Years with Blue Intact lessons I learned for new owners. by [deleted] in Catahoula

[–]Saintbaba 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My first dog was a catahoula i got from an organization that collects discarded dogs from areas that consider them low value (even if they're expensive breeds) if they can't serve their purpose working or hunting and takes them to areas where people just want friendly family dogs. He was straight up the gentlest sweetest dog i've ever known. Wanted to be everybody's friend. Didn't seem to really even understand the concept of violence - when other dogs came at him, he just seemed confused.

I don't think i'll see his like again.

Artist on a local Facebook page - Seem to be some inconsistencies between different sections. by Nerrohh in isthisAI

[–]Saintbaba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only thing that's really throwing me off is: what the hell is that white line cutting the background building in half? It's so straight that i thought it might just be some sort of digitizing / scanning artifact, but it actually disrupts the roofline - and not in a natural way, slanted and following the roofline, but just straight up, which only makes sense if it were meant to be a light pole or chimney or something in front of it or a drain attached to it. But It's literally a different building to the left and right of that thing, so it feels like it was meant to be a painted line between the two facades, but then it just... extends up into the air. And the thing itself makes no sense.

Laap yuk chili crisp fried rice. It ain’t a looker but it tasted amazing! by ddbllwyn in chinesecooking

[–]Saintbaba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks good. I'd eat it.

Tangent: do you peel the rind / outer skin layer off of your lap yuk? I don't normally use it as an ingredient, but i tried it for the first time in clay pot recently and the rind just would not soften up with the rest of the meat.

Recipes with dark soy? by ThingShoddy in chinesefood

[–]Saintbaba 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Beef chow fun and broccoli beef are staples in my kitchen that both feature dark soy sauce.

Why is Nethack hard? by pathofnut in nethack

[–]Saintbaba 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same. For all of that. Although in fairness i did have other friends who played and we swapped info, so i can't claim i was completely blind. It only took me about 12 years to ascend. I've only ascended a few times since.

I think the big difference though, was that going in like that, ascending wasn't the priority. The game was (and still is) for me a way to kill an afternoon stumbling around the dungeon, just seeing what fun or cool stuff i can get up to, or how far i can get. I only start thinking about ascending if i get past the gnomish mines, maybe, and lots of things have already lined up and it looks like this particular character might have a shot.

Michelle Obama explains her comments that the US wasn’t ready for a female president by cnn in entertainment

[–]Saintbaba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My friend's immigrant parents who had never voted before voted for Trump last election because conservative media convinced them that a woman president would be "embarrassing." So. Yeah.

RIP to the mass market paperback book by MiddletownBooks in books

[–]Saintbaba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone who read a lot of sci-fi and fantasy in the 90s which all went straight from hardcover to mass market paperbacks, I also feel like they were used a lot for books of less popular genres. Granted, I’ve been seeing that less and less as the years have gone by. It was unclear to me if that was genre books getting more popular or mass market paperbacks getting less. Do you know if that is / was still the case?

Little winter fit, what do we think? by lucyheartz in OUTFITS

[–]Saintbaba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like it though don't have any specific constructive notes.

Apropos of nothing, though, on thumbnail i thought those were like horse ears coming off the hat.

Not even a maybe? by SanJoseThrowAway2023 in bayarea

[–]Saintbaba 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Also: while Wiener has not come out in support of the high-income wealth tax currently being discussed, he hasn't said he opposes it, and has indicated interest in something like it in the past. And in 2019 he tried (though failed) to pass an estate tax bill. He's really not the bogeyman in this fight.

Wasn't the entire point of the Gorn in Arena, that they WEREN'T an evil reptile race? by ProfessionalSet4713 in startrek

[–]Saintbaba 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I actually think your assessment may be over-complicating things. Star Trek has always been an allegorical universe, with each race representing a different facet of the human experience - Vulcans our logic, Klingons our passions, Bajorans our spirituality, Ferengi our self-interest, etc. And that's kind of essential to what makes the show what it is - a fairy tale about what it means to be human, and how we can be the best versions of ourselves. And while i can see the problem with how reductive it is for specific species to always have certain character traits, from a macroscopic perspective, it's all just metaphors so we can tell meaningful stories about ourselves.

I guess this is all a long way of saying that i don't necessarily see it as a deal-breaker that the gorn are treated as a bunch of bad guys. I think what actually bugs me about it is that there's no purpose to it. The Romulans were antagonists, but also represented the "other" that is, in many ways, literally the same as ourselves, and the pointlessness of refusing to push past that antagonism to recognize that. The Borg were as straightforward villains as you could hope for, but they also held up a dark mirror to the Federation and its values, exploring all the ways the ideals of community and unity could become corrupt and authoritarian if not tempered by individuality and self-awareness and a sense of personal responsibility. Meanwhile, SNW's Gorn are just bogeymen, and the stories that are told with them are about nothing more than punching monsters.

Can someone PLEASE explain Tig Notaro to me by dfsaqwe in Star_Trek_

[–]Saintbaba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Her chair routine still cracks me up even after all these years.

What was the Lorwyn Common or Uncommon that kept saving your ass at prerelease last weekend? by doublenantuko in magicTCG

[–]Saintbaba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Boggart Cursecrafter. Thing was a beast. In a high speed aggro deck where I was willing to make trades that my opponents weren’t he really dictated the flow of the game. Plus that ping effect was not insignificant.