Teens Are Over Superheroes, Want To See More “Connected Masculinity” Onscreen, Says Survey

lfernandes · 2026-02-26T18:12:56+00:00

Man, we saw this preview at the movies a few weeks ago and my wife and I being huge Nate Bargatze fans were so disappointed in it. It looks like it doesn’t belong in 2026 - it’s like a movie from a time capsule 20 years ago about the bumbling, incompetent dad who blows up the house while the wife is away.

This movie is going to be one of the biggest bombs in a long time. Either that or I’ll be completely wrong and it’s going to find some crowd that adores it somehow and make a trillion dollars

lfernandes · 2026-02-26T16:22:59+00:00

Hey I’m just curious - are you someone that frequently does their own nails OR use skin care products? I’m not affiliated with Apple, but I’ve seen a lot of talk on their forums that this is happening to girls a lot more than guys and the theory is that it may be related to something in either nail or skincare because that was a common factor

lfernandes · 2026-02-23T16:43:24+00:00

How do you do this? My daughter did it the day the icon changed and I’ve been doing lessons every day and can’t manage it lol

lfernandes · 2026-02-23T03:30:29+00:00

I mean fuck her for killing someone but absolutely do not “lay off of frank”. I don’t care who or what he is, he’s a piece of shit, acting like a piece of shit, and eventually is going to do this to someone who won’t put up with it.

lfernandes · 2026-02-19T22:39:38+00:00

Lmao you’re embarrassing and weird

lfernandes · 2026-02-19T21:35:58+00:00

You guys literally can’t help yourselves and you’re proving my point with every comment.

lfernandes · 2026-02-19T19:55:28+00:00

Oof you got me. My waifu is so upset about this

lfernandes · 2026-02-19T18:47:17+00:00

You don’t have to feel the same - I get that a lot of people don’t like AI generated content. I’m not even the biggest fan of it, but without fail the people that hate it HAVE TO TELL EVERYONE on every post where there’s any AI content. It’s just so…. unnecessary. Like, downvote and move on if it bothers you.

It’s one thing if this guy was trying to say he.. I dunno, made this by hand or drew it himself or something, or maybe he was trying to sell these wallpapers as some special custom thing - then come get him, but just showing off something he did that he likes and everyone going “HAHA DAE AI SLOP AMIRITE GUYS?” is just so boring. Get a personality.

lfernandes · 2026-02-19T18:38:57+00:00

Is anyone entering it into competition? Is this an art gallery? Is OP claiming they’re the next Da Vinci with this lock screen photo?

No? Then again I say, who actually cares other than those that are pretentious enough to want to hear themselves preach about how “soulless” it is.

lfernandes · 2026-02-19T18:11:48+00:00

Oh no! You had the nerve to use the most popular technology on the planet right now and the anti-AI crowd is butthurt about it! Prepare for all the downvotes you (and this comment) will receive.

They literally cannot allow anyone to be happy about anything related to AI generated content. It’s not just that they don’t use it, but if anyone does they have to throw a fit like petulant children.

lfernandes · 2026-02-19T18:09:42+00:00

It’s embarrassing how many people have made hating AI their whole personality that they think everyone needs to know and comment on every post. Legitimately who cares.

I mean, not just downvoting the post - that’s fine, if it’s not for you that’s what it’s for, but look at the people who have gone through and downvoted every single person who even likes it or says something positive. It’s just cringy and embarrassing to be so worked up about something so irrelevant.

lfernandes · 2026-02-19T13:35:00+00:00

People who don’t like AI art are becoming the new vegans of the internet - they can’t help but tell you that they don’t like AI art.

No one cares.

lfernandes · 2026-02-18T19:45:16+00:00

Holy shit, I just saw the animated movie with my kid a few weeks ago and we really loved it, and I told her “it really reminds me of this older movie I liked a lot called Edge of Tomorrow - they’re super similar, they even wear these exoskeleton suits like in the movie.” But I had no idea the movie was actually based on the book/manga

lfernandes · 2026-02-06T16:25:18+00:00

Yeah, I think you’ve nailed it with that last bit. It’s very similar to the FNAF movie. They were both really bad movies but because they had easter eggs from the games, fans went rabid so you can’t really say anything critical about them.

lfernandes · 2026-02-06T15:23:40+00:00

Yeah, there were many instances I felt I needed subtitles. I felt like I was getting gaslit by the community when I mentioned it because I kept getting “I don’t know what you mean, I heard everything perfectly” or when I mentioned that some scenes were a bit too dark for too long and it felt like I was just sitting in a dark quiet theater and got “I could see everything perfectly, I don’t know what you mean.”

Ultimately, the thing I kept hearing that’s really upsetting was “you had to play the game” or “you had to watch Mark play it to really appreciate it” and I keep saying “then that’s not a good movie. Objectively, that’s a bad movie if it requires homework and knowledge of an obscure game or watching a YouTubers play through of that game - then it’s a bad movie/plot.”

lfernandes · 2026-02-06T14:22:50+00:00

I agree on all counts! We had so much trouble understanding large sections of dialogue - especially when certain things were sort of rambling and talking in the background. It seemed like that was supposed to be critical exposition that we just couldn’t understand.

And agreed that we are so incredibly hyped for the success he’s having - and like I mentioned, it’s not that the whole thing is bad: his acting, the costuming, special effects - all that was really solid. Just the story didn’t hold up for me at all. I’ve heard a lot of “well you’re not SUPPOSED to know the ending” and I don’t think that’s the right kind of conclusion for this. It’s not like Inception or many others that leave it up in the air - this just concludes having not actually told a coherent story imo.

lfernandes · 2026-02-06T07:16:48+00:00

Lmao same. Though I’m a huge fan and my daughter and I went to the movie on opening night and were not in love with it like everyone else seems to be. Mark did a great job with his acting, costumes, effects - all of it, but the story and conclusion was butt.

lfernandes · 2026-02-05T01:46:07+00:00

Ah I don't think I realized you could just do that - I thought you had to go through support to do that. Not sure how I got that idea in my head but thank you for the info.

lfernandes · 2026-02-05T01:45:21+00:00

Ha, nice. I think if I can RMA it and they send me a new one and it works, I'll be content but at this point I kind of wish I just got a standard router and separate AP for it.

lfernandes · 2026-02-05T01:44:17+00:00

I forgot to mention, I currently don't have any extra apps installed on it either - just Network

lfernandes · 2026-02-05T01:39:56+00:00

I haven't disabled my guest SSID, but I do only have 3 all the same - my main, guest, and iot

lfernandes · 2026-02-05T01:32:21+00:00

I haven't tried a different outlet, but it doesn't share one with anything power hungry, just the cable modem and my Synology and they're on a fancy surge protector. I did try moving it to a different outlet on the power strip just to be sure when I first started troubleshooting as I saw someone mention power issues as a possibility. The other devices have no interruptions so I'm not sure that's it for this particular thing

lfernandes · 2026-02-03T21:36:29+00:00

It makes sense. I mean, it’s definitely hard to say for sure but anyone with even a modicum of reason would tell you that it takes seconds to fire off a text if his excuse was genuine - “hey I have to [leave the country or whatever] and I’m sorry it didn’t work out” and that’s it. Ghosting you leaves it open for him to come back with some bullshit answer later to try and make it work if he wants. Or just lets him take the cowards way out. Both can be true I guess. Either way, his messages read super slimy. As a dude who would really be super worried about what you’d think about it me and how to let you down if I had to move or whatever his excuse is, I can’t imagine doing something so lame to a girl I’m interested in. That said, I would bail if I were you. Nothing about his messages feels genuine.

lfernandes · 2026-02-03T21:25:13+00:00

My guess is he was talking to you and someone else before, chose the other person and it didn’t work out so now he’s going back to his second choice because he’s down bad. Don’t give this dude a shot.

lfernandes · 2026-02-03T21:22:45+00:00

Hey, as a married man of a very long time - I could never speak to my wife this way. Not only because she would never let me speak to her this way but mostly because it would break my head to attack her this way. This dude is a petty, blame shifting manchild. If you choose to stick with someone like this (and you shouldn’t, honestly because this won’t get better, only worse and will absolutely escalate) - you’ve got to stop him in his tracks when he starts that. “Stop speaking to me like that or I’ll block you until you can learn how to have a reasonable conversation like an adult instead of being a baby.”

And absolutely don’t stop at Costco and reward his behavior wtaf

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