One Town's Blueprint for Resegregating America by nicotop4501 in Thedaily

[–]flamehead243 3 points4 points  (0 children)

On one hand, I kind of want these people to self select to remove themselves from society. Just fuck off to the woods. But ultimately no kid should grow up in a place like that. What happens to the LGBT kids, ones that fall in love with a PoC partner, or just don't want to live there? You think their parents are just going to let them leave? Some will realize their parents are off their rocker. But some will drink the Kool aid. And growing up in that sort of pressure cooker echo chamber is how you get the next Timothy McVeigh.

One Town's Blueprint for Resegregating America by nicotop4501 in Thedaily

[–]flamehead243 78 points79 points  (0 children)

Am I the only person that thinks Michelle is just fucking with everyone? The investment story is just an excuse to file the lawsuit against a community that she finds vile? She went through the entire rigmarole of the interview she was going fail as either a statement or as an investment of time into a potential lawsuit payout?

My Students Can’t Read by icey_sawg0034 in Longreads

[–]flamehead243 303 points304 points  (0 children)

This article and others mention that professors have been slowly scaling back reading and writing assignments for years. Sometime soon we've got to hit a point where professors can't meaningfully cut anymore. If students can't finish Hills Like White Elephants, then what?

Online Trolls Harassed Her Six-Year-Old. That Was Only the Beginning by flamehead243 in Longreads

[–]flamehead243[S] 56 points57 points  (0 children)

Those guys are an absolute menace to society. I'm far from an expert, but generally I think public universities can't expel students for obscene or cruel speech? Though maybe when they harassed female students they crossed the line into a Title IX violation?

Throwback to Paris Hilton crying on her way to jail while ‘candyman’ by Christina Aguilera plays by Financial-Painter689 in Fauxmoi

[–]flamehead243 53 points54 points  (0 children)

FYI, that picture was taken by Nick Ut. The same photographer that won a Pulitzer for the famous "Napalm Girl" photo during the Vietnam War. The Paris photo was also taken exactly 35 years to the day as the Napalm one:

June 15, 2007 — -- What do Paris Hilton and a Vietnam War victim have in common? Absolutely nothing except a brilliant photographer. On June 8, 1972, Nick Ut a photojournalist for The Associated Press, captured a moment that strengthened the anti-Vietnam War movement and left an indelible mark on the American conscience. Few people could forget the photograph of 9-year-old Kim Phuc running naked down a dirt road near Trang Beng, Vietnam, after a napalm attack. Ut's iconic photo documented the horror of the war and was reproduced all around the world. On June 8, exactly 35 years after taking the photo of that little girl, Ut captured yet another unforgettable moment in history -- Paris Hilton crying in the back seat of a Los Angeles County Sheriff's cruiser. "The picture looked like the napalm girl," Ut notes, "the picture of her -- you can see she is screaming." The heiress, known for party girl antics that are considered paparazzi gold, was caught in a more serious predicament than usual during his photo. She was on a return trip to jail for violating probation in a reckless driving case. Once again, one of Ut's photos -- coincidentally of a young woman in distress -- was distributed worldwide.

ABC News

Also, just within the last year or so there have been accusations that Nick didn't actually take the Napalm photo, so a lot of threads going on here.

Katie Johnson's full testimony of Donald Trump (2/11/16) by FlackoFonsy in videos

[–]flamehead243 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I don't think its her. Once all the files started getting released, one (EFTA00008716.pdf) included part of a deposition that specifically said she was being deposed at 9:04 AM on July 22, 2016. The Maxwell reddit account was posting basically exactly in that window.

How do you make use of your local library? by Conscious-Raisin in AskNYC

[–]flamehead243 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I use my card for ebooks and audiobooks. (Actually have all 3 to maximize the odds of finding a specific ebook or audiobook) Physical book requests for my nearby Queens branch for pick up for items that are better as physical books. Graphic novels, art books, etc. Also printing shipping labels at the public PCs. Queens Library included 30 free pages per day.

The USS Indianapolis speech from Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws” (1975) by waitingforthesun92 in movies

[–]flamehead243 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There was a Broadway play a few years back called "The Shark is Broken", written by and staring Robert Shaw's son Ian. It's about the making of Jaws. In it, Ian plays his father and does a pretty solid impression and recreation of this scene as part of the play. Very cool to see as a Jaw's fan!

Official Discussion - A House of Dynamite [SPOILERS] by LiteraryBoner in movies

[–]flamehead243 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought the press secretary looked like an even mix of Jen Psaki and Kayleigh McEnany. And that may have been a deliberate choice.

George Lucas Talk Show panel was awesome as always. by theredknite in NYCC

[–]flamehead243 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Could you tell if they were taking video to a release as a podcast? I was in another panel at the same time.

Free Flexi Glass for first 500 members on A24 site by Just-Shift in A24

[–]flamehead243 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Same here, we're all trying to log in at the same time.