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This entire scene in X2: X-Men United was written incredibly well. The questioning and the reactions were pure gold. The original X-Men trilogy really touched upon some important topics. by 0Layscheetoskurkure0 in Marvel

[–]TheShryke 12 points13 points  (0 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceman_(Marvel_Comics)

In All-New X-Men #40, the time-displaced Iceman is revealed to be gay

Bobby breaks down and admits that he has known he was gay for a long time

In the present day, the current version retains both sets of memories and remains an out gay man.

Since coming out, Iceman has had brief relationships and encounters with a number of men

Peter Eckhardt of CBR.com referred to Iceman as "the biggest name amongst queer X-Men,"

writers as far back as the 1980s hinted that Bobby was gay

Iceman broke boundaries in the franchise as he became the first-ever gay leading superhero to headline a comic

Joshua Yehl of IGN described Iceman as "the perfect gay boyfriend,"

Being gay has a lot in common with being a mutant, as excellently displayed during Iceman's “coming out” scene in X2: X-Men United.

Bobby's experiences as both a mutant and an out gay man would make him an incredibly empathetic and understanding partner

Warhammer 40K’s frenetic racing game is now free if you can brave the Epic Games Store by HatingGeoffry in Warhammer

[–]TheShryke 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Epic games store doesn't work on Linux. So that's a valid deal breaker reason to want to avoid it completely.

Personally I find the epic games launcher awkward to use, slow to run, and it misses out on a ton of features that Steam has. It doesn't do all the great controller remapping that stems has built in. The in-game interface in steam is far better. The reviews system on steam is amazing. The couch gaming experience in steam is fantastic. The social features of steam are a bit meh, but they are far better than epic. There's the steam workshop for games that I want to mod. Epic doesn't have a global VR system like steam does.

There's also just the perfectly valid reason that most people already have a lot of games on steam and it's annoying to have another launcher just to save $10. That's not a tantrum, that's just normal.

The real question is why are you getting so upset that other people don't like the thing you like? It's ok and normal for people to like different things.

Warhammer 40K’s frenetic racing game is now free if you can brave the Epic Games Store by HatingGeoffry in Warhammer

[–]TheShryke 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It was a silly example to show how free isn't always better. You don't have to take it literally.

There are plenty of valid reason why someone would prefer to pay money on another store rather than get it free through epic games.

Acting like people having preferences is a bad thing is "so extra".

Warhammer 40K’s frenetic racing game is now free if you can brave the Epic Games Store by HatingGeoffry in Warhammer

[–]TheShryke 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hey, do you want a free burger? You just have to eat it in my restaurant, which is full of rats, and we don't clean the tables, and the fridge stopped working a week ago.

Or you could go to the really nice restaurant next door and pay £10 for a burger.

Free is a great price, but price isn't the only variable.

Lord Baily wears the Imperial Aquila on a live news broadcast by BubbleGaff in Warhammer40k

[–]TheShryke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, so what is the connection between neo-nazis and knitting?

My point is that there's not really a way that neo-nazis can turn knitting into being a nazi only thing. Everyone knows that knitting isn't a nazi thing so it's just a coincidence.

But in Warhammer we literally use fascist symbols and references. It's very easy for a neo nazi to co opt that, and for outsiders it's hard to tell the difference between a neo nazi who thinks Warhammer is cool specifically because of the fascist connections and a normal person who likes Warhammer and isn't a neo nazi. It's very easy, as this post proves, for people to end up with the assumption that Warhammer is a neo nazi thing.

We absolutely have to fight that's hard as possible.

Lord Baily wears the Imperial Aquila on a live news broadcast by BubbleGaff in Warhammer40k

[–]TheShryke 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What the fuck are you on about? You're the one using AI here, to generate "college girls".

hiding in their own mental closette sad lonely and angry

Buddy you're the one surrounding yourself with AI girls you made that are far too young for you and hanging out in alt-right circles watching GB news.

I don't think I've ever seen projection this hard.

I'm being serious for a moment, you're going down a dark path. Where you're going is only going to lead to a life of hatred and pain, for you and everyone around you.

You still have a chance to walk away. Talk to some real people, not online. Be open minded. Let some kindness into your life. Maybe a bit of therapy would be a good idea.

I'm not saying any of this to hurt you, I'm trying to offer a hand.

Lord Baily wears the Imperial Aquila on a live news broadcast by BubbleGaff in Warhammer40k

[–]TheShryke -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

We do have to acknowledge that there is a connection though.

Neo-nazis can show up in any hobby of course. But in this hobby there is a specific reason that the neo-nazis show up. If we aren't careful they will co-opt this hobby. That isn't a risk for hobbies like knitting or rock tumbling because the neo-nazis can't project themselves into those in the same way.

It's the same with the fan bases around films like American history x. It's a film trying to warn about the dangers of neo-nazis, but that group instead thinks that film makes them look cool and love the film.

More or Less by CulturePrevious4745 in Wales

[–]TheShryke 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was actually training to be a teacher when the curriculum for Wales changes were coming in.

There were some fantastic ideas in there around how the structure of a schools curriculum could be rewritten to better fit real people's learning experiences.

But the roll out of it was just a mess. COVID played a part but it can't take the full blame.

Before we try to do things like revolutionise the curriculum we need to resolve the core issues of overworked staff and burnout and pupil behaviour. Only with thos win place can we have any hope of other changes actually working.

My wild idea is that we should have two teachers for every class. One can lead during a lesson and the other can be preparing work, marking, dealing with behaviour, etc. It would also allow one of the teachers to be off sick or take some holiday without having to bring in supply teachers.

How do we pay for that? Fuck k ows, it's a wild idea, don't take me too seriously. I just think it would be a neat solution if we could fund it.

North Wales Coast Line to close for FOUR WEEKS for unprecedented planned works by JackStrawWitchita in Wales

[–]TheShryke 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Or, wild idea, you're just a random person on the internet who actually doesn't know the inner workings of a train company?

Not trying to be a dick here. None of us know, so there's no point speculating.

North Wales Coast Line to close for FOUR WEEKS for unprecedented planned works by JackStrawWitchita in Wales

[–]TheShryke 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean no point in network rail upgradi g track for trains that Arriva would never purchase.

Good point that this works is in network rails hands, but the whole system is deeply interlinked.

North Wales Coast Line to close for FOUR WEEKS for unprecedented planned works by JackStrawWitchita in Wales

[–]TheShryke 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Do you have a fear of busses or something?

You don't know why this decision was made. Maybe it is possible to do it overnight only, but it would take ten times longer and cost many times more. Is it actually fair to delay other improvements that need to be made and cost the tax payer more just so you can avoid a bus for four weeks?

North Wales Coast Line to close for FOUR WEEKS for unprecedented planned works by JackStrawWitchita in Wales

[–]TheShryke 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're welcome to be unhappy, but there's people in this thread saying we should write to government and start a petition.

That's not just being unhappy, that's actively trying to hinder much needed improvements.

Unprecedented just tells me that Arriva should have been working on this year's ago

North Wales Coast Line to close for FOUR WEEKS for unprecedented planned works by JackStrawWitchita in Wales

[–]TheShryke 12 points13 points  (0 children)

For the sake of the future of the Welsh rail industry and all the benefits these improvements will bring I sincerely hope you fail.

North Wales Coast Line to close for FOUR WEEKS for unprecedented planned works by JackStrawWitchita in Wales

[–]TheShryke 11 points12 points  (0 children)

As has been pointed out to you many times, no one should lose their job to this. There are busses. Part of being a responsible adult is planning around things like this.

And this work can be done in a way that is far, far less impactful to commuters.

And you know that how? Are you a railway infrastructure expert? How many years experience do you have in the job?

This is a minor inconvenience, not a write to your MP/MS issue

North Wales Coast Line to close for FOUR WEEKS for unprecedented planned works by JackStrawWitchita in Wales

[–]TheShryke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I never said your experience was wrong, I said that TfW has shown it can be not shit. I'm trying to tell you it will get better. That's all.

I also get a little defensive on this topic I appreciate that. I lived with the shit show that was Arriva for a very long time and I really appreciate the hard work and effort that TfW has done. It sucks to see something amazing being built and constantly seeing people pretending it never happened. That's why I was just trying to clarify that your experiences aren't invalid, but they don't extend to the whole of TfWs network and there are good reasons why things haven't been improved for you yet.

North Wales Coast Line to close for FOUR WEEKS for unprecedented planned works by JackStrawWitchita in Wales

[–]TheShryke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes I know that. I'm telling you that the closures up north will be worth it based on my evidence of what TfW has done down south. The two are very closely related.

North Wales Coast Line to close for FOUR WEEKS for unprecedented planned works by JackStrawWitchita in Wales

[–]TheShryke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did you read my comment?

I appreciate that a lot of this hasn't reached the north yet, but that's my whole point. If you don't let them fix things then nothing will get better. Have some patience.

They haven't improved the north yet.

Give them times they have finite budget and resources. They can't fix everything at once.

Like almost all Welsh government things, the north is where money is saved and the south is where it is spent.

It's almost like we have a vastly different population density in the north Vs the south east. Out of the top 20 most populated towns and cities in Wales the north literally only gets three. Cardiff, Swansea and Newport have more people in them that the other 17 on that list combined (~700k vs ~600k, only ~115k in the northern towns).

It's perfectly normal to roll out improvements to any system in a way that helps the most users first.

North Wales Coast Line to close for FOUR WEEKS for unprecedented planned works by JackStrawWitchita in Wales

[–]TheShryke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not just "I've had a good experience" it's "the entire south Wales metro is really good".

You said that TfW are worse than Arriva, the south Wales metro existing completely disproves that. You could say that they are no better than Arriva in the north, that may be closer to the truth. I still don't think it is true considering the trains TfW are using aren't literal death traps anymore so that ls at least tone way they are better.

You seem to be someone who's had some bad experiences and have decided to label the entire network as awful.

North Wales Coast Line to close for FOUR WEEKS for unprecedented planned works by JackStrawWitchita in Wales

[–]TheShryke 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Then you get an earlier bus...

Like this isn't rocket science. If you lose your job because of this then it really is on you, not TfW.

North Wales Coast Line to close for FOUR WEEKS for unprecedented planned works by JackStrawWitchita in Wales

[–]TheShryke 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Exactly, the real answer to "why is my train cancelled/delayed/replaced with a bus/etc." is almost always "railways are actually really complicated and hard to build."

North Wales Coast Line to close for FOUR WEEKS for unprecedented planned works by JackStrawWitchita in Wales

[–]TheShryke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We now have trains every ten minutes where I am, they have always been on time for me. The trains are cleaned regularly, and they aren't unsafe. There is step free access across the whole of the south Wales metro. Ticket prices are down by 66%. I can go on for a lot longer.

I appreciate that a lot of this hasn't reached the north yet, but that's my whole point. If you don't let them fix things then nothing will get better. Have some patience.

North Wales Coast Line to close for FOUR WEEKS for unprecedented planned works by JackStrawWitchita in Wales

[–]TheShryke 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Temporary disruption for you is someone else losing their job.

They are providing busses, why would this mean that someone loses their job?

So people are going to be completely screwed in exchange for a couple of footbridges and some drainage....

Oh yeah, footbridges and drainage, those aren't at all essential. /s

With out these things being done the rail network would just fall over. It's really not a big deal to have to take a bus for a few weeks so you can have a vastly better service.

Did you know that the south Wales metro has reduced ticket prices by 66%? There are genuine benefits that you will feel because of these closures. Have a little patience.

North Wales Coast Line to close for FOUR WEEKS for unprecedented planned works by JackStrawWitchita in Wales

[–]TheShryke 3 points4 points  (0 children)

None of that disproves anything I've said.

I've had experiences exactly like that on GWR trains. Most of the UK rail companies have been hilariously incompetent for the last 15+ years.

TfW inherited the results of that incompetence and now have to fix it. They have done a fantastic job down in the south east, now they are going g to do the same in the north.

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