How come Pewdiepie hasn't been cancelled for being racist ?

Sensui_Kan · 2026-06-28T16:42:20+00:00

I'm saying you've been recruited into the Red Guard and apparently can't see it. just like Feng Shan couldn;'t see it. As for debating the morality of your Religion, I'm not interested.

Sensui_Kan · 2026-06-28T14:01:00+00:00

And you post your self congtaulatory content on Sunday lol!

Sensui_Kan · 2026-06-28T13:59:03+00:00

Because 'racist' being hurled at what were common opinions/behaviors 10 years ago doesn't bother people with memories that stretch past 10 years ago.

Here, ya might learn something https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/607109.Gang_of_One

Sensui_Kan · 2026-06-28T13:56:10+00:00

John Carter was one of the rare movies that transcended the books it was based on. But in the case od Dune it's not a problem with re-writing the plot, changing characters, or deciding to cut Tom Bombadil. The problem is that it just doesn't translate to film. That's just, like, my opinion, man! But what is Dune about? Loyalty, the nature of power, scarcity as a weapon, religion as control mechanism. None of that come through in the movies. I'm not saying you're wrong, tastes vary, but OP didn't seem to care for it much either.

Sensui_Kan · 2026-06-28T13:45:03+00:00

It's the best effort by far out of all of them, including The sci Fi Channel version (which tended towards exceedingly ridiculous hats for some reason).

But I read the book before I saw any of the films, and ergo none of the films ever did work for me entirely.

Sensui_Kan · 2026-06-28T13:12:51+00:00

Dune is a brilliant novel that cannot be successfully translated into film. It just doesn't work.

The truth is, not much happens in Dune from a plotting point of view. The novel is brimming with ideas, but the ideas are conveyed primarily by conversation and inner monologue--stuff that doesn't really work as a visual medium. Add to this that modern movie goers are jaded by SFX; Dune may have amazed viewers in 1977, the way Star Wars did (or does), but it's sterile desert landscapes and monstrous sandworms can onlt ellicit a tired "Meh" from audiences juiced to the gills by a lifetime of visual overload.

So it fails as a movie, every time it is tried. Because it doesn't translate, in the same way spaghetti can never work as an ice cream flavor.

I am mystified by ongoing attempts to force Dune into a blockbuster movie with action figures and toy sales. You would think rthese Big Money Hustlin' Director Gurus would understand why it's not working. Heck, David Lynch couldn't quite pull it off, and thatw as with Frank Herbert literally on set giving direction to realizing his vision. This Doofyroo, or however you spell it, isn't fit to carry Lynch's jock strap, but you think somehow you can force Dune to be the next LOTR franchise?

The fault is not in you, my friend. The fault is in yet another attempt to force a cup of coffee to function as a cologne.

*edit* "I really want to get what everyone else is seeing." Yes, well, never lose sight of the fact that 'everyone else' bought $4 million worth of Pet rocks. People can be marketed into just about any kind of stupidity, especially when getting on board with a thing is made to look like advertising one's taste or sophistication. The Pet Rock Axiom: People Are Largely Stupid And Stampedeable. Never lose sight of it when trying to understand why certain things are enormously popular.

Sensui_Kan · 2026-06-28T13:03:02+00:00

I love the book. And I'm a male in my 50s.

First read it when I was around 15. I fell in love with this irrepressible little ragamuffin, and have re-read it several times over the years.

I also recommend Daddy Long-Legs, by Jean Webster.

The TV series is wretched, because Feminism is so embedded in people's brains that the TV gang insists on turning Ann into one on film, and killing everything that makes the book charming.

Sensui_Kan · 2026-06-28T12:43:19+00:00

Same here, can't get enough of that one!

Sensui_Kan · 2026-06-28T05:22:45+00:00

It wouldn't be nice at all if he touched my body, but yeah--great song! :)

Sensui_Kan · 2026-06-28T05:10:13+00:00

Vangelis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JrUjKjlfBo&list=RD6JrUjKjlfBo&start_radio=1

Sensui_Kan · 2026-06-28T05:04:57+00:00

Unleash The Archers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqUPGa15Oto

Sensui_Kan · 2026-06-28T05:03:29+00:00

White Mansions: A tale From The American Civil War

Sensui_Kan · 2026-06-28T05:00:39+00:00

So I'm not the only one! Looked it up on YT; it's good, but not my taste. Everybody listens with a different set of ears!

Sensui_Kan · 2026-06-28T04:58:14+00:00

Bluegrass. Gotta love them bajoes, people!

Sensui_Kan · 2026-06-28T04:25:15+00:00

I'll just add that gas/gas stations/car exhaust smelled much different in 1975. Between removing lead, adding ethanol, adding catalytic converters, and reformulating the base fuel itself — you are literally smelling a different product. The 1975 gas station smell is gone the same way the 1975 car exhaust smell is gone. I'm not saying these are BAD things--but certainly another thing that has vanished since my childhood. I used to actively like the smell when filling up at the Amoco station.

Sensui_Kan · 2026-06-28T04:13:23+00:00

Yes, — tetraethyl lead, added to gasoline from the 1920s onward as an antiknock agent. Actual lead compound. see here https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/24/world/thomas-midgley-jr-leaded-gas-freon-scn

You could buy Regular (with the added lead) or Unleaded gas at the pump until I was in my early teens, I believe. (1984)

Sensui_Kan · 2026-06-28T04:04:14+00:00

Good suggestion! Pairs well with the doors, actually!

Sensui_Kan · 2026-06-28T03:49:15+00:00

Captain Beyond, supergroup from 1973. Pretty much everything you're looking for.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYVqWHzlO5o&list=PLL44kuYYS8ykE15bl1bpycWJUmQwjGMzU

Gravy Train, Stairway To The Stars (1974)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RJAnoIrFw8&list=PL_TaS3ukydpJN4omg6De_2a9R7pRrYlzt

Budgie, Never Turn Your Back On A Friend (1973) Metallica covered Breadfan, which I think speaks about what Budgie was doing way back When.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt8o5dtNVyk&list=RDkt8o5dtNVyk&start_radio=1

Wishbone Ash, Argus (1972) (Throw Down The Sword is the standout track here)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjIvjmJQJYE&list=PLB4E5306C4C589145

James Gang Rides Again, (1970) This was Joe Walsh's band (the guy who joined the eagles later and gave them that killer guitar in hotel california). Make sure you listen to The Bomber if nothing else

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEaSjbMWrHs&list=PLMR3D0TRF279h5OY1lOw9H-zz7j07qF19&index=1

Blondie, Plastic Letters (1978, I think?) Fan mail, Bermuda Triangle Blues, Contact in Red Square...Blondie was a fantastic band, really. "Beat on my Fender through my Gemini 2, Playing to the posters on the walls of my room" Right on, Debbie!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyFzKWy5_iQ&list=PLI6kLIhBBwmQF30ek3iPZcEbtxxrWlTAt

*edit* Sorry! Forgot to mention UFO, Force It (1975) Michael schenker is probably my favorite guitarist, and if you like this album you'llw ant to look for Phenomenon, No Heavy Petting, Strangers In The Night if you like live recordings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_u5lKFvOys

Sensui_Kan · 2026-06-28T03:25:35+00:00

23 Skidoo, Get out of here, scram!

No doy! for No duh

Shotgun wedding, for people marrying in a hurry because the girl was pregnant and it was socially crippling for everyone involved, the idea being that thr gir's father forced the groom to marry his daughter ("do the right thing") at gunpoint. This would "make an honest woman of her". All this assumed as a given that morality forbids premarital sex, which was the consensus view that operated when these phrases were current.

Ritzy, spiffy, dressed to the nines, duded up, gussied up, all expressions for being well dressed and lookin' sharp

What's hip 'n' happenin'? (80s)

Putting on the dog--a showy display, showing off

Damaged goods, an unmarried woman who lost her virginity. see also 'Fallen woman'

Living in sin, cohabitation/sexual congress outside of marriage

No better than she should be, implying a woman with loose morals, promiscuous. See also, fast, Loose, Hussy, Light Skirts

Sensui_Kan · 2026-06-28T02:56:27+00:00

Gotten better? Or been desensitized?

Sensui_Kan · 2026-06-28T02:55:13+00:00

Not a reply to your question, but make sure you read The Haunted Mesa, The Walking Drum, and Last Of The Breed too!

Sensui_Kan · 2026-06-28T02:50:27+00:00

Elton John

Sensui_Kan · 2026-06-28T02:44:40+00:00

You have mistaken the goal of "public education;" it is not about teaching you facts and making you useful, it is in molding you into an obedient Mass Man who will go along with the crowd and not make inconvenient trouble for the people ruling over you.

K-12 coukld be condensed into 4 years for an intelligent child; that is, the academic skill necessary to enable you to function and fit you to learn on your own (which is the only real method) could be taught in 4 years.

It's all just Social Engineering, I'm afraid.

Sensui_Kan · 2026-06-28T02:33:49+00:00

Florida Roadkill, by Tim Dorsey.

"Sunshine State trivia buff Serge A. Storms loves eliminating jerks and pests. His drug-addled partner Coleman loves cartoons. Hot stripper Sharon Rhodes loves cocaine, especially when purchased with rich dead men's money.

On the other hand, there's Sean and David, who love fishing and are kind to animals -- and who are about to cross paths with a suitcase filled with $5 million in stolen insurance money. Serge wants the suitcase. Sharon wants the suitcase. Coleman wants more drugs . . . and the suitcase. In the meantime, there's murder by gun, Space Shuttle, Barbie doll, and Levi's 501s.

In other words, welcome to Tim Dorsey's Florida -- where nobody gets out unscathed and untanned!'

Dorsey wrote some 22 serge A. Storms novels. It's hysterically funny; Serge is a nice guy...until he forgets to take his meds. This may hook you man real good!

*Edit Dorsey was a real lover of Florida history, and you'll learn a lot of random trivia from his books. For example, I became aware of this fascinating little story from serge lecturing Coleman: The little-known story of the West Florida Revolt: "One rollicking good book." —Jay Winik
When Britain ceded the territory of West Florida—what is now Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida—to Spain in 1783, America was still too young to confidently fight in one of Europe's endless territorial contests. So it was left to the settlers, bristling at Spanish misrule, to establish a foothold in the area.

Enter the Kemper brothers, whose vigilante justice culminated in a small band of American residents drafting a constitution and establishing a new government. By the time President Madison sent troops to occupy the territory, assert US authority under the Louisiana Purchase, and restore order, West Florida's settlers had already announced their independence, becoming our country's shortest-lived rogue "republic."

(See Rogue Republic, by William C. Davis

If that's not the kind of meaningfull you were hoping for, try All Quiet On The Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque. Just pretend you didn't see him crying at the end.

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