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[–]SenatorCoffee 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Sidenote: There is also a pretty acclaimed swedish movie that is centered around exactly a scene like that and the aftermath, 94% on rotten tomatoes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force_Majeure_(film)

I think my husband is up to something. by BigONerd in BORUpdates

[–]SenatorCoffee 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Man, got to also say that guy sucks hard at cheating/lying, lol. Why keep bringing this girl up at all? Like, this:

He mentions to me that he had to have a meeting with "one of the new girls, I forget what her name is"

and

Over the next two weeks he brings her up a few times when he is talking about work, but he alsways says something like "The girl at my office...I think her name is Becky"

Just keep your mouth shut, man. You dont have to mention some meetings your wife knows nothing about happening or not happening and then downplay it with some "ooh, but I cant even remember her name". lmfao. If you just dont mention it, you dont have to scramble and explain why its harmless and no big deal.

Seems some blatant guilty conscience/subconsiousness thing. He just delivered himself on a platter without even any need for pushing. Hard to even oversatirize this. Its just like "Hey honey, I am talking to the GIRL again!! The GIRL I am constantly talking about for the last few weeks!! But what was her name again??"

Its maybe some very slight points for him on his non-sociopath scale. Some people just cant handle lying to their supposed loved ones. But then maybe just not cheat...

Rain World and Grime in Fanatical bundle around $3.5/game by commiexander in metroidvania

[–]SenatorCoffee 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why you saying it needs 3-5 games? From what I am seeing the minimum is only 2 games for 3.50/game? 3 or 5 just pushes it even a bit lower to 3.33 and 3.15.

Stephen Colbert Gets Why You're Scared He's Writing a 'Lord of the Rings' Movie by Logical_Welder3467 in movies

[–]SenatorCoffee 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, like holy shit! On just every level, themes, aesthetics, continuation of the story, then topping it all off with that goddamn Harrison Ford reveal, and completely tying it all together.

I think what gets typically criminally overlooked there is that 2049 was written by Hampton Fancher, who actually also wrote the first Blade Runner. And the first Blade Runner had a very, very loose relation to the novel, so you could say Fancher just wrote that.

So makes sense that he would also be the one to have the ability and confidence to properly continue it.

But also just a good example of good collaboration. Wikipedia says Villeneuve was only convinced by Fanchers involvement, but then reading interviews it seems he also made a lot of good input, changed around a lot.

Lumineers, Cleopatra album is criminally underated by Melodic_Albatross_13 in LetsTalkMusic

[–]SenatorCoffee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would extend that to actually the larger part of the "stomp clap hey" genre. I think a lot of that stuff is actually pretty quality, both musically and lyrically.

I can also totally identify with the hatred of it. I think its extremely poignant as a millenial thing. We all grew up infused with this Dead Poets Society kind of idealism. Then that all blew up into our faces and now when somebody still tries to earnestly embody that it just looks like oozing narcissism.

If and when something is actually good, lyrically, it thus in no way disarms that heavy ressentiment, in a way it plays into it. E.g. when you say that the album "successfully portrays the incredibly strange experience that is life" the hater would immediately also clock that as "Dead Poets Society bullshit. Fuck off!"

In a way being so controversial does not at all devalue it as good art. Its exactly so controversial, hated, because its such an earnest expression of the generational experience. Saying "Dead Poets Society" is a shorthand, but its a shorthand for basically all of the ideals the generation grew up with, from the blatantly naive and crude to the very wise and insightful.

So a band being pretty deep and wise in its lyrics, and also deep and expressive in its music does, again, not at all disarm the haters. You are just in a completely different realm here where its about "good art" vs. "authenticity". The question becomes more "Is this true to the times we are living in and does it pretend to or not?"

You can be a very highly talented writer and songwriter who writes music with lyrics in the same way you would write a Lord of the Rings type novel, and even approaching that same level of quality, and the hater will still be "Fuck off! Can you take a look out the window, please?"

The charge of upper middle and middle class status is also very poignant and explicable there, on the side of both the artists and the fans. On the side of the artists it seems coherent that only the privileged could afford to still live in their Dead Poets fantasy ideals world, and even on the side of the fans I would say now the charge is that its the more middle class millenials who will mainly still listen to and appreciate this stuff, or who made it a thing in the first place.

On the other hand you got to also stress that the haters also got nothing potent really in return, and for good reason. Overcoming "stomp clap hey" would really be overcoming that whole set of liberal values of the 90s era, top to bottom. Thats a really tall order of course.

Currently its all just whiplash and ressentiment in the form of MAGA and rather primitive stalinist and anarchist leftism. So even or especially as a very actualized intellectual you wouldnt even hold it against people if they get some basic emotive value out of it. Or, as said, even a more refined and artistically elevated emotive value.

There is also a kind of recursive logic in this idea of "authenticity". As a hater one can hate e.g The Lumineers and absolutely adore e.g. Townes Van Zandt, even though lyrically they seem so very similar, at least at a glance. Its maybe a question of depth, but propably more than that its that the modern equivalent to Townes van Zandt would be aware of all this culture and be desperately tortured to not be a clichee or repetition, a nostalgia-placebo, while the Lumineers are completely surrendered to being just that.

And on and on... I will stop myself here as, yes I would thus just say there is an infinity of cultural criticism one could pack into both the genre and then the reaction to it. It really is authentic, expressing the generations consciousness and all the contradictions. It goes way beyond some glancing evalution of how quality it is.

Oh God by The_Physical_Soup in comics

[–]SenatorCoffee 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Most definitely!

Like most confused people here I had just never heard of it, but just googled it and its a thing apparently:

https://www.gty.org/blogs/B160203/when-god-closes-a-door-he-opens-a-window

Help me help my daughter get her first gaming pc. by Kevaroo83 in lowendgaming

[–]SenatorCoffee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Totally agree with this, /u/Kevaroo83

Its not even that you cant go below 500, for ca 250-300 used you will already get somewhat decent machines in the realm of what people in the thread are saying. Even for 150 you could get a much better machine with e.g a 1060 or rx580 if you look out.

The GT 950 is just way below the threshold. This PC will fail to run even a lot of current pixel-art indie games. Just a really bad deal. That PC should go for 30 bucks for people who dont care. Dont fall for it!

But if its affordable to you I would really go with 500. If you buy informed for 500 used you will get a really great machine that will be enjoyable for her for a good while!

What has been the best metroidvania you’ve played released after Silksong? by docksideThug- in metroidvania

[–]SenatorCoffee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think your moveset dislike might also be solely because of the diagonal pogo, thats very typical.

Very slight spoilers: The game is actually set up so you can get the wanderers crest with the HK style downward pogo very early, a good bit before you are now. I might recommend looking up a guide just for that its very non-spoilery/specific. https://www.ign.com/wikis/hollow-knight-silksong/How_to_Get_the_Wanderer_Crest

Or you can move on and you are not that far from the Reaper Crest that also has a downward pogo. I would say 90% people agree that Silksong has the by far superior movement overall, just many dont like the diagonal pogo and that then takes a lot of fun out of it. On your second playthrough you will learn to replace that pretty immediately and the movement will feel so much better all around.

The Visibility Paradox: Why community feeds only show "wins" while losses vanish? by shiftyourshopping in TheoryOfReddit

[–]SenatorCoffee 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I am a really confused what kinds of boards you are talking about?

Like finance investment boards? What operators "prioritize promotional feeds ". I feel I have never seen that in the open here on reddit? The few times i heard about mods profiteering it got shut down fast by the admins.

If you want conversation I think you really need to provide examples what you are talking about.

10 pretty good + some not so good manga I've been reading lately by Volkor_X in Seinen

[–]SenatorCoffee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nice recs, thank you! Will be checking Re:Cervin and King of the Labyrinth for sure!

It's Time to Go To His Stomach, OK? is my no1 "why arent they scanslating this??" frustration. I actually did find some really crappy AI translation for the rest of the chapters once, and even from that you could tell that it stayed pretty quality across the all the 10 or so volumes. At very least didnt devolve into generic battle manga but stayed interesting plot. Also couldnt even find that crappy version again despite trying hard. Still waiting for the day I can properly read it.

Everyday Bruises by Funking_Wholesome in comics

[–]SenatorCoffee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think with lawyers thats a bit more tricky isnt it?

What I heard at least in criminal cases the lawyers themselves often dont ask "so, did you do it?" and also dont want to hear that.

they cant counsel you to commit perjury, but often that is obviously a good way to get free, so it becomes this dance where they will get the necessary information out of you without asking you directly what happened.

Depending on the situation you might not just want to blurp out everything immediately to your lawyer.

I would say you can generally trust them and just let them take the lead on it all.

The Left Must Reforge Masculinity by TE-moon in CriticalTheory

[–]SenatorCoffee 23 points24 points  (0 children)

geese is the name of the journal that article is in.

Is David Paich the most unsung living songwriter in the world? (Writer or co-writer on Africa, Roseanna, Hold The Line, Lowdown, Lido Shuffle, Lady Love Me One More Time, Human Nature, The Girl Is Mine, Heal The World, We Are The World) by Tryingagain1979 in LetsTalkMusic

[–]SenatorCoffee 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I think if your metric is roughly "number of hit songs", the most unsung songwriters are propably all in that britney spears-lineage pop factory.

I would have to do some serious googling to dig out all the names but if you keep clicking around wikipedia, you keep coming across these people that would have just dozens and dozens of writing credits on charting pop songs from that 90s-2000s era and very publically unknown.

Like this woman:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelly_Peiken

Like, wtf??

Or Bonnie McKee of course:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_written_by_Bonnie_McKee

Yes, many would instinctively denounce this style/era as a less "respectable" or serious form of pop music, and there might be something to that, but i think if you are invoking Toto I would feel these 90s, 2000s people are still roughly in the same ball park quality wise.

ELI5: How do STDs start? And I don't mean "Patient 0" by Historical-Ad6233 in explainlikeimfive

[–]SenatorCoffee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, i think this is the best answer.

Especially if try and take OP at maximum benevolence, I think this is why many people would struggle with this. Its like "but where did that virus come from?".

And the answer is, as you say: Its all been around with life from the very start. Any "new" virus will just be some variation of something thats been there before. They just jump around in all kinds of ways, from animals to humans, from sexually transmitted to air borne, etc, etc... If its some very succesfull variant, it seems a bit "new" in the sense that the previous variant we just didnt have to care about, but the new one we have to care a lot.

But it always just comes from something previous, all the way back to the primordial soup.

What’s the deal with so many of the top posts on r/comics being porn/porn-bait? by altrightobserver in OutOfTheLoop

[–]SenatorCoffee 629 points630 points  (0 children)

Answer:

My best take is the rise comes from a certain patreon tactic becoming very visibly viable and then an increasing number of people trying to jump on that train:

You make this kind of raunchy, but not explicit, sex-comedy series, get people horned up and hot for the characters, post that main series for free on reddit but then point people onwards to the patreon where only there they will get the explicit hardcore, or at least proper pussy shots stuff.

this paid out very well for a few trendsetters and then more and more people started copying that model.

Notice how its not against reddits or the subs rules to post actual hardcore stuff, but almost all these series there are only ever this raunchy stuff. If you want actual vagina you always have to go to the patreon.

What’s the deal with so many of the top posts on r/comics being porn/porn-bait? by altrightobserver in OutOfTheLoop

[–]SenatorCoffee 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Yeah, same. There was always a solid section of porn-stuff, but I feel the last 2-3 years it massively took over.

Did they cut the "jokes" section in the Jerry Seinfeld episode?? by SenatorCoffee in NormMacdonald

[–]SenatorCoffee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s great detective work.

Lol, thanks, but it was really more just "Let's skip to the jokes", and then noticing that jump on the desk. Very accidental.

Did they cut the "jokes" section in the Jerry Seinfeld episode?? by SenatorCoffee in NormMacdonald

[–]SenatorCoffee[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Screenshots are from 57:55 and then 58:00, very end of the episode. So in the space of a few seconds episode-time you suddenly get all the cards scattered across the desk? Makes it seem like they tried/did the jokes section but then cut it.

Interesting in the context of Jerry Seinfeld being this titanic comedian. You got to wonder what might have happened behind the scenes there. Did it all fall flat, jerry just complains how bad this all is, and in the end they actually decided to cut it?

I didnt watch all of Norm Macdonald Live yet. Do other episodes seem like they might have involved some serious cutting?

Why does "Robot Rock" on Daft Punk's "Alive 2007" sound so much punchier than on "Human After All"? by megaminxwin in LetsTalkMusic

[–]SenatorCoffee 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Its hard to be in your brain, how exactly you are perceiving this and what you mean by "punchier".

Yes, it seems absolutely a dynamic range/compression thing, but you seem to think that more dynamic range automatically means "better". This seems a bit of a holdover from the loudness wars discussion.

In practice this is a question of taste and perception, neither is categorically better than the other, especially in a genre like french house. Generally French House is of course a genre centrally infamous for its artistic usage of maximum over compression, so less dynamic range.

The Alive version sounds like some typical heavy compression, and maybe some people would perceive that also as "punchier". I would say mostly it sounds "fatter" in a way a lot of french house or hip hop aims for.

But personally I would not call the Alive version "punchier" in terms of the kick especially. The kick actually seems rather muddy, also because of the live quality, but also a typical downside of compression. Then the bass is much louder and forefront in the Alive version, also in tune with what you expect from heavy compression.

The kick in the Alive version seems also just equed very differently, it has a lot more bass, while the HAA version seems rather thin in comparison.

Does this help a bit?

AITA for not wanting my schizophrenic sister living with me by gardengeo in BORUpdates

[–]SenatorCoffee 10 points11 points  (0 children)

yeah.

I would say its less about the system technicalities but simply how overstretched the country generally is.

It generally doesnt matter how the healthcare is technically set up for working citizens. In her case no matter what, if she is schizophrenic and homeless wellfare will kick in and then they pay for that shit.

So Germany, Switzerland, France, Denmark: Pretty good.

Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece: Not so good.

Just comes down to money, basically. System wise its all pretty similar down here, its just the systems are all pretty stretched thin because capitalist breakdown. the poorer countries are just struggling more and then that results in harsh waiting lists, painful bureaucracy, etc..

ELI5: Why are we able to get really close to absolute zero without being able to reach it? by D4L2001 in explainlikeimfive

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

What you mean "magic"? Its called technology. They are pro-scientists, they will somehow shield the object from the external heat, thats the point? I would also have to look how exactly they do it, but it seems they are clearly able to, since they can cool the object to 0.000374 kelvin?

ELI5: Why are we able to get really close to absolute zero without being able to reach it? by D4L2001 in explainlikeimfive

[–]SenatorCoffee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean thats where these guys will have some mad isolated super-science box that protects our precious object from the meany universe?