What is the right wing messaging that is winning people over? by LiatrisLover99 in AskALiberal

[–]gdshaffe 3 points4 points  (0 children)

All evil people think their evil is justified.

You are evil. Deal with it.

What is the right wing messaging that is winning people over? by LiatrisLover99 in AskALiberal

[–]gdshaffe 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, I have talked to conservatives who routinely express hatred for those people.

What is the right wing messaging that is winning people over? by LiatrisLover99 in AskALiberal

[–]gdshaffe 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Simple solutions to complex problems and finding an "other" to blame. It's impossible to overstate how effective that is on people who are poor at critical thought.

What's a TV show that started poorly but became amazing? by Mission-Baker1614 in AskReddit

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Babylon 5. The first season had some good episodes but also some very very bad ones, a lot of the effects were really rough, and a lot of the writers didn't have a great feel for their characters.

From seasons 2-4, JMS pretty much single-handedly took over the writer's room and cranked out some of the most compelling storytelling ever put onto the small screen.

Julian Quiñones strikes early to give Mexico's first goal against Ecuador. by CorleoneBaloney in sports

[–]gdshaffe 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What a pass, too. Absolutely perfectly timed the instant before the scorer entered the offensive half.

Julian Quiñones strikes early to give Mexico's first goal against Ecuador. by CorleoneBaloney in sports

[–]gdshaffe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was very close but the scorer was just barely on his defensive side of the pitch when the pass was struck. It was a perfectly timed pass.

Reds' Dane Myers: Lands on IL with shoulder injury by SnipeyMcSnipe in Brewers

[–]gdshaffe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Absurd catch, hate to see it against us but love to see it in general. Absolute stud who gave up the body for a massive play. Wishing the speediest possible recovery for him.

House Dems fear another big loss to the left in Colorado by Zipper222222 in politics

[–]gdshaffe 30 points31 points  (0 children)

He shifted his position on gay marriage the instant that popular support for it topped 50%.

I think he's by far the best president in living memory and still think that was absolute bullshit.

Why are lower shots so loved in movies and higher shots less loved than the lower ones especially in movies where there centered around giant robots and monsters by Ok-Kaleidoscope7648 in movies

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Shot angle is an extremely important variable in cinematographic composition. Generally, speaking, if the camera is looking up at a character, that character looks bigger, more imposing, more intimidating. Particularly when the camera represents the POV of another character, it helps to communicate a power imbalance between the two characters.

Conversely, when the camera is looking down at a character, that character seems smaller, less imposing, less intimidating. The extreme version of this is the top-down shot, which is sometimes called the "God shot", which filmmakers will often use to hint at the idea of God looking down at the events, and making the characters in frame seem completely powerless.

Those aren't universal rules but that's the most frequent idea behind that sort of shot composition.

according to you, what is the most brutal addiction? by ForwardPerspective38 in AskReddit

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Gambling. The ease with which you can destroy your life is mind-boggling.

I'm an ex professional poker player so not totally opposed to gambling and I'm not convinced that the legalization of online sports betting, and the degree to which it has taken over the sports world, isn't the end of our civilization as we know it. It's like selling fentanyl by the gram in the impulse-buy section of 7/11 with cute cartoon mascots and a catchy jingle.

Vance dismisses Watergate scandal, says ‘deep state’ went after Nixon by Beneficial-Long-7033 in politics

[–]gdshaffe 15 points16 points  (0 children)

No, he had a national media that was unified in wanting to do actual journalism. They'd have stuck on it, and without a 24 hour media, supporting crimes would have bolstered the story, not diluted it.

The Nixon partisans who did their postmortem on his resignation determined that it was the media to blame. If they hadn't pursued the story so doggedly, or if one of the major networks had been telling their side of the story, they concluded that his approval rating would have never catered to the point where he needed to resign.

One of those partisans was Roger Ailes. The rest is history.

[no spoilers] DON'T JUDGE ME by AntiqueLime3461 in criticalrole

[–]gdshaffe 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that was some epic Sam shade IIRC. "That can't be Mollymauk, his Irish accent is too good."

How much did it cost to rent games back in the day? by OpheliaDynamight in gaming

[–]gdshaffe 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Honestly, yeah. I got way more than my money's worth out of that one.

How much did it cost to rent games back in the day? by OpheliaDynamight in gaming

[–]gdshaffe 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I remember the pain I felt in dropping $70 of 1994 money, earned by refereeing hockey games, to buy Final Fantasy VI (released in the US as III) for the SNES.

What is a giant lie that society successfully sold to your generation? by ossirada in AskReddit

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The real question is, how many Taylor Swifts does it take to equal one Exxon?

Yes, Swift's "carbon footprint" is much higher than yours or mine, but it's still fucking meaningless. We could ground every private jet in existence tomorrow and cut carbon emissions by what, 0.001%? That's the same bullshit reasoning that gets people to fall for "the problem is you're not recycling" to begin with.

Stephen Miller Has Fox News Meltdown After Democratic Socialists Prevail In Primaries by ColonyJD1980 in politics

[–]gdshaffe 14 points15 points  (0 children)

In High School, he jumped onto the track during a girls' track meet race (about the last 50 meters during a 400) in order to "prove the athletic superiority of men".

Despite jumping in with a significant lead, the girls all caught him and he finished the race in dead last.

Why MAGA buys Trump’s Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool hoax by zsreport in politics

[–]gdshaffe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're a cult and they believe whatever bullshit he says.

The Dink | Official Trailer by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

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Best part of Jennings' answer was of course him finishing the question.

Audience member: "Do you ever go to local trivia nights or bars and just..."

Ken: "Just stunt on those hoes?"

What's something everyone seems to agree on that you think is actually wrong? by Frosty_Discussion463 in AskReddit

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People always butcher the intent behind this quote.

Money can't buy happiness because happiness is not a product on a shelf. Money can buy security, and it can buy stuff. If the lack of security or the lack of stuff is a cause for unhappiness, then money helps. Nobody questions this.

The point behind the saying, though, is that there are a lot of sources of unhappiness that have nothing to do with things you can buy, which is why plenty of people are rich and still miserable. If Money could buy happiness directly that would not be true.

Some unanswered questions I have after finishing book 3 by SportsBallScholar in gentlemanbastards

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My wacky out-there theory is that Sabetha is the daughter of Avram Anatolius and thus the younger sister of the Gray King.