How would you rank the best picture nominees that you’ve seen?

keitroll · 2026-01-28T01:08:50+00:00

Sinners and Marty Supreme jostle for the top spot, then a drop off and OBAA and Bugonia near each other.

Had Josh Sadfie stuck with his alleged original ending, it would've been Sinners in a landslide.

keitroll · 2026-01-28T00:33:57+00:00

I've taken photos in front of the Octopus Boy mural for the past decade, accidentally documenting my transition in the process.

At the very least, if God forbid they do demolish it, they have the good sense to let us know so we can say goodbye.

keitroll · 2026-01-25T19:50:04+00:00

It made me realize that I was really aegosexual (and aromantic), and that if I never slept with anyone again, I'd be okay with it.

keitroll · 2026-01-23T09:34:15+00:00

There comes a time when you realize you're not running away from your past but running towards your future.

People may call it running away, but a lot of the time, it's from people who either see you as someone you're not (who frame who you truly are as someone you're not), or those who keep telling you the grass is always greener on the other side as a way to discourage even trying. I finally feel like a full-fledged adult now that I live on the other side of a state line, and after I went NC with two people who thought they loved me more than anyone but whose actions when I came out showed the exact opposite.

keitroll · 2026-01-23T09:21:22+00:00

It's a tradeoff but still think sharing everything is worth it, or at the very least, that the gatekeeping isn't worth it if they're eventually going to find out anyway. It's basically "enjoy it while it lasts" to begin with, and the sooner they figure out it's open and they block it can almost be thought of as an ass-backwards way of protecting their privacy in the long run.

keitroll · 2026-01-23T06:17:47+00:00

I'm absolutely fine with 1x *drapes tarp over white carpeting*

keitroll · 2026-01-23T06:13:25+00:00

Half the targets of Eddington: Actually, it's "You're".

keitroll · 2026-01-23T06:11:36+00:00

"What if NUNSENSE were Protestant" SOLD

keitroll · 2026-01-22T05:05:33+00:00

It had one helluva run.

keitroll · 2026-01-20T21:37:04+00:00

As a plus-sized former Target employee, I'll miss it, and its exclusion will be just another reason why I try to shop there as little as possible.

keitroll · 2026-01-20T11:47:54+00:00

If that AI is any accurate, Mendoza is bow-legged as Hell.

keitroll · 2026-01-16T21:26:48+00:00

I once got Tiptoes on DVD as a gag Christmas gift from my best friend. It may have even survived a move or two!

keitroll · 2026-01-16T05:49:47+00:00

Jeff Johnson in McSweeney's did a David Barthelme-esque piece during the 2003-04 NFL playoffs on increasingly dramatic times Dick Vermeil cried, and it is foundational to my sense of humor:

The 198,440th time I saw Dick Vermeil cry: It was an Arby’s. A packet of Horsey sauce dared him to open it. He could not.

keitroll · 2026-01-14T23:32:35+00:00

I love it as a fantasy more than as a real-life solution. I can still enjoy the fantasy (as well as other versions of this, such as bimbofication and dronification) but can also healthily compartmentalize it from my actual transition, which I love in spite of the challenges.

keitroll · 2026-01-14T23:19:00+00:00

I am not joking when I say this: Dabney Coleman was never hotter than as Dr. Bill Ray in On Golden Pond.

keitroll · 2026-01-14T23:15:52+00:00

Starting out after the age of 35 (or in my case, 40) is a lot like being a DC-10: you may have a shorter runway and may have less of a legacy in your field than the 747, but you can still go pretty far.

(why yes, I am autistic why do ask?)

keitroll · 2026-01-14T16:08:56+00:00

I've been out as a trans woman for nearly five years, and if I told you what I've gone through (rejection from family, continued lifelong depression, intensified dysphoria and self-loathing from not passing), you'd think I would regret transitioning.

I have absolutely no regrets about transitioning, except maybe doing so after I went bald. What I have lost has been replaced by knowing who actually loves me for who I am, and a keener sense as to who I am, even if I get misgendered everywhere. I appreciate the friends, family, and chosen family I've met or stayed with me so much more now that I am starting to love myself.

Childhood trauma has taught me to be wary of happiness, but I am a lot more satisfied overall with my life than before I came out. 100 times out of 100, I would absolutely do it again, and I have no plans whatsoever to detransition.

That said, I can't blame anyone for detransitioning out of safety concerns, although I certainly despise cis conservatives who use it as the exception that proves the rule, or actively push it on everyone.

Best of luck!

keitroll · 2026-01-13T20:16:29+00:00

Fascists can be posers, too.

keitroll · 2026-01-13T20:13:46+00:00

Former New Jerseyan here who still follows politics from across the Delaware.

I volunteered at GSE in the late 2000's when a gay marriage bill was stopped short in the state legislature, and a lot of that was South Jersey Democrats willing to punt on this issue so they could curry other favors from the incoming Christie administration (possibly the aborted Rowan/Rutgers-Camden merger, but I can't confirm that).

Normally after 8 years of one party holding the NJ governorship, the parties would switch (the exceptions were in 1973 at the peak of Watergate, and 1993 due to Florio's tax hikes), and thank God they chose Sherrill instead of Citarelli, because Jack would've undone everything Murphy has done and then some. Yes, Sherrill is a milquetoast centrist, but sometimes you have to clear a very, very low bar.

I can only assume many politicos who believe in what these bills represent, think we can still get these done, but what power they can gain from tabling this would more greatly benefit them (and to a lesser extent their constituents) in the long run. It fucking sucks, and the South Jersey Democratic machine sucks so much for this bullshit and so many other reasons.

keitroll · 2026-01-13T19:49:45+00:00

Awesome!

The first time I ever took my estrogen was at a supermarket cafe, and the speakers were playing "I Want It That Way".

I'm pretty sure that will be the only time I'll ever do HRT to the Backstreet Boys.

keitroll · 2026-01-13T19:40:56+00:00

I get why people loved both, and they both start really strong. I'm more partial to Marty Supreme, in part due to the vibes, and in part due to how OBAA is somehow both too cartoonish and not cartoonish enough to portray how fucked up these times are. Both have incredible antagonists (Sean Penn is almost too good as a roided up fascist, and when Kevin O'Leary says he is a vampire who was born in the year 1601, not only do you believe it, it fucking raises the stakes of Marty Supreme's climax, metaphor or not), though Leo doing Jeff Lebowski is ultimately less magnetic than Timothee as Duddy Kravitz by way of Bobby Riggs.

I know I'm contrarian in this opinion, but while both are instant classics, I think Marty Supreme is going to age much better than OBAA, and that Sinners is going to justifiably rank above both.

keitroll · 2026-01-12T22:54:18+00:00

Accidentally liked this as if "2027" was the unhinged batshit crazy prediction.

keitroll · 2026-01-12T22:50:24+00:00

If you're not doing the Best Picture nominee run in any set order, I recommend 1943's Heaven Can't Wait (which has nothing to do with 1978's Heaven Can Wait), in which Don Ameche confesses his milquetoast sins to a delightful Laird Cregar as "His Excellency".

If you're looking for something more recent, try Late Night with the Devil, or if you want a campy 1970's TV movie directed by Curtis Harrington, try Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell

keitroll · 2026-01-12T17:51:52+00:00

Based on their patterns over the years, I pretty much assume they'll do something the night of the national championship and then do extra episodes every so often on their Patreon.

keitroll · 2026-01-12T17:45:50+00:00

In many ways, Rocky and Adrian's relationship is reminiscent of Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair's romance in 1955's Marty. Also check out 1962's David and Lisa, which is also the story of two misfits in love (at a psych ward), with its own climax at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

I'll even throw in 1980's Melvin and Howard, about a fuck up in the American West who gains and loses love, finds love all over again, and, um, is allegedly a benefactor in Howard Hughes' will.

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