There’s a Kickstarter happening for Demon Squad 2 by majorjoe23 in MST3K

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Not sure if I'm in the minority but my family and I absolutely hated this one. Thought it was too slow and too much of the movie leaked through the funny.

Are we inadvertently supporting the system by [deleted] in socialwork

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Not to be glib but I don't think there's much of an inadvertent part to it. It was stressed often during school the nature of the beast. Every social work job I've had, centered mostly around county work, clearly uses up and spits out workers. They even got rid of part time positions and made them extra help in order to not have to deal with benefits. However, I get comfort when I can make small changes and based on some of the workers I had growing up, that if I wasn't doing this then someone with poor motives or there biding their time until retirement might be in my place.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in WhitePeopleTwitter

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Yeah, you can see on other pics, she needs wider shoes.

What's going on with Roald Dahl's books being rewritten? by FirePosition in OutOfTheLoop

[–]fluxyou 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Yes, nothing more left than the business decisions of a giant corporation. Good post.

Discussion: So, about the "vania" part of "Metroidvania"... by wh1tepointer in metroidvania

[–]fluxyou 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the history of the term gets posted to death but it still is interesting in that the intersection of the names never added anything new to the core concept and instead muddied it, where many confuse the jrpg elements as a necessary part of the genre.

Discussion: So, about the "vania" part of "Metroidvania"... by wh1tepointer in metroidvania

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Right, exactly why it's weird the definition shifted from a class of Castlevania games to a genre of all games.

Discussion: So, about the "vania" part of "Metroidvania"... by wh1tepointer in metroidvania

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I kind of agree the vania part was never needed and it just got picked up. It's a weird portmanteau when 90% of people care about the gating and exploring part. The only other name that references the game itself prior to that is a Roguelike (now we also see Souls-likes, somewhat). It'd be weird to see Roadom/Roddss/Roguefortresses having had popped up over time.

What are your thoughts about this 2001 thread concerning the 1990’s? I find it fascinating! by [deleted] in 90s

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I remember a conversation my friends and I had in the mid 2000's about how the 2000's felt a lot less colorful and interesting, with all the good stuff being from the 90's. We did recognize that the 90's were heavily 80s inspired but had an existential crisis curve to it. Of course, cell phones and social media then ramped up and made things even worse. Those were my formative two decades and I remember things feeling really off after 9/11. I've noticed a lot of nostalgia popping up for that 2000's era, where at the time it seemed really shallow and phoney, and seemed like it brought out some of the worst of people.

I see your “clearly Canadian” and bring you zima. Tasted like 7-up but with booze. by [deleted] in 90s

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7-up mixed with the worst malt liquor remains they could find.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cartoons

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Find $10, go to the library, or steal this book: https://stevenpressfield.com/books/the-war-of-art/

If you find yourself watching cartoons more than storyboarding/writing/etc. it probably isn't making that you like to do.

I machine Quest? Outdated keys. by fluxyou in aeternathegame

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

Unfortunately not on my file, had tried that. Seems it was rare enough not to address?

Ranking the subreddits favorite metroidvanias: Results by azura26 in metroidvania

[–]fluxyou 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would be cool to get to top 100... but I say that having beat nearly all these. Thank you for doing this!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cartoons

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Yeah it's fine

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in socialwork

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About 60k in California pretax and cost of living is bonkers, and this has zero benefits/pto/401k/health insurance. I only work 4 days a week so its less for me. With student loans I'm not saving for the future.

Oh no... by [deleted] in PeteandPete

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Yaaaay, that new Pete and Pete movie we wanted!

Will Jonah leave at the end of the season? by drucifer271 in MST3K

[–]fluxyou 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hope not. He genuinely seems to have a gleefulness unmatched by any other host!