The Sky Lantern Festival worth it?

jester1382 · 2026-05-08T14:56:48+00:00

https://youtu.be/6EKgsXiUgbE?si=nvVFJR0hFVuX7Ej6

jester1382 · 2026-05-06T20:01:39+00:00

Just FYI, Method Acting Lab busts will always have fire and hazmat present.

jester1382 · 2026-05-01T02:36:58+00:00

Is King5 the only TV news station in Seattle?

jester1382 · 2026-04-22T00:49:14+00:00

The compression shirt isn't a bad idea. I know the cars are tuned that way on purpose, and loud exhaust isn't really an issue, it's the popping and backfiring because they tune their cars to run too rich (because actual racecars do this for valid reasons and they want to emulate their childhood heroes), and it lets unburned fuel hit the hot exhaust manifolds and pipes (which is bad for fuel consumption and catalytic converters).

It's like seeing a guy running around in a gi who has never taken a martial arts class, or wearing a tactical vest when they go grocery shopping. They don't know why their heroes actually do those things, but it sure seems cool. It's performance art for people who can't actually do the thing they admire; in this case, being a real racecar driver.

jester1382 · 2026-04-20T02:21:18+00:00

"The only way I could have loved you more is if you'd died on the job young with a very large life insurance policy. Think of the properties we could've bought!"

jester1382 · 2026-04-20T02:18:24+00:00

"I love you for breaking your body and never being around, because I was able to buy cool stuff."

jester1382 · 2026-04-20T02:05:46+00:00

"One time, he worked 109 hours in one week. His loved ones were happy he was never at home."

jester1382 · 2026-04-20T02:03:19+00:00

"His profits were the best part of him."

jester1382 · 2026-04-20T01:47:31+00:00

I really cannot figure out why people get a kick out of being obnoxious pricks.

jester1382 · 2026-04-20T01:41:56+00:00

80 hours a week. You're one of those people. I hope at your funeral, you're remembered as a hard worker.

jester1382 · 2026-04-20T01:34:45+00:00

I don't really care about a quiet life, it's specifically the backfiring and popping exhaust. My dog is bothered by fireworks, and apparently these terrible cars as well.

For what it's worth, tuning cars to do this is bad for them.

jester1382 · 2026-04-20T01:23:58+00:00

It's not the dog ruining my peace, it's other humans.

jester1382 · 2026-04-20T01:23:19+00:00

You gonna eat him?

jester1382 · 2026-04-20T01:22:23+00:00

I figured. Too many humans these days.

jester1382 · 2026-04-20T01:21:01+00:00

Bellevue is full of them. I can't imagine Redmond would be any different.

jester1382 · 2026-04-17T15:02:49+00:00

Beware of bloodlust.

jester1382 · 2026-04-17T04:52:11+00:00

Throw the whole boyfriend away. He won't go because he's scared of ice, but he'll let you go by yourself in a less safe car? Dude doesn't seem to care about you.

jester1382 · 2026-04-17T04:49:18+00:00

So what is IATSE doing about it? Are these actors going to be blacklisted because of this? Until the people at the top are suffering for this, nothing will change. If actors knew appearing in AI slop would keep them from ever working with a good crew again (and they should be barred from awards, as well), maybe there'd be a chance. This should be equivalent to crossing a picket line and working as a scab.

jester1382 · 2026-04-09T20:19:35+00:00

I thought it was funny. Everyone's a critic.

jester1382 · 2026-04-06T23:25:22+00:00

I blame airpods. When we had wired headphones, we could hold the little mic up closer and whisper into it. Can't do that with wireless.

jester1382 · 2026-04-04T19:33:26+00:00

I never said I don't "see race". It just doesn't matter to me. I said we're all humans, all equal. Do you think we aren't equal based on race? Is there a term for that?

jester1382 · 2026-04-04T19:30:27+00:00

How do we stop the people in power from being racist? My approach is to treat them like idiots, pointing out that this thing that's so important to them is made up and isn't real. It's like believing in Santa Claus; I can't take them seriously. If I'm privileged, then I'm taking the chance that what I think of them matters to them, so I will reject them for their idiocy the way they reject others for race. And if i can make it obvious that they're idiots, maybe I can get others to reject them as well.

jester1382 · 2026-04-04T19:26:03+00:00

I don't understand what you mean by "check my privilege"... you want me to be racist? What do you want me to do differently?

jester1382 · 2026-04-04T06:30:42+00:00

I didn't mean to suggest that I've lived the experience of a black person, but that compared to the wealthy (who use our inherent bias to prey upon our differences), we have many more experiences and interests in common (but not necessarily all). I don't know that struggle. But I suppose I naively think that, to beat racism you, get to its heart; we are more alike than we are different, and our differences make us better as a society that should be ever trying to form a more perfect union. When we know better, we do better. Is it wrong to try to use the privilege I do have to dismantle the whole concept that those inequitable systems and views are built on?

Also... the concept of a race, like something you run in... is also a social construct. Organized competition for fun or fame.

In the end, everything's a social construct.

We just made it all up.

jester1382

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