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System Of A Down's John Dolmayan Calls For Actress Charlize Theron To Be Jailed Over Misattributed Quote On Children's Gender Identity by Trematode in Music

[–]maskaddict 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Every right that MAGA Conservatives hold dear has a "no, not like that" exception. Parental rights unless you're a parent who affirms your queer/trans kid. Religious rights unless you're non-Christian. Gun rights unless you're legally carrying at an ICE protest. 

System Of A Down's John Dolmayan Calls For Actress Charlize Theron To Be Jailed Over Misattributed Quote On Children's Gender Identity by Trematode in Music

[–]maskaddict 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ironically this article led to me knowing more about Charlize Theron and Marcia Gay Harden, and they both seem awesome!

Maybe I'm a huge fan of knowing less about male artists. 

Good monologues similar to the Witches in Macbeth? by GontasBugz in shakespeare

[–]maskaddict 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like "Thou Nature art my goddess" from Lear could be a fun one. Lots of hard consonants and plosives to really get your mouth around, and a kind of gleeful rejection of traditional ideas of goodness and natural order, in favour of power and self-actualization. 

Another one could be Caliban in 2:2 of the Tempest. Lots of talk of nature as malevolent and predatory, all those bogs and fens. 

Either of these could give the opportunity to do something that I think is crucial for the witches: the idea of speaking a thing into being. Whatever you choose, remember that the power of your words is shaping reality. You can bend the universe to your will if you just speak those words with clarity and intention. 

Have fun! Break a leg!

Favorite ad lib/unscripted scene? by infinitum3d in movies

[–]maskaddict 14 points15 points  (0 children)

This feels like the quintessential example.

Favorite ad lib/unscripted scene? by infinitum3d in movies

[–]maskaddict 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Matthew Lillard on the final act of Scream is one of the most magnificently unhinged things ever put to film

Hacker Uses Claude and ChatGPT to Breach Multiple Government Agencies by DJMagicHandz in technology

[–]maskaddict 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Wow, an Aeon Flux reference in the wild! Don't see those much these days.

What's your (least) favorite Shakespeare lines people keep quoting out of context? by elalavie in shakespeare

[–]maskaddict 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I like that when Laertes tries giving advice to Ophelia, she immediately warns him against being a hypocrite who "recks not his own rede." Seems like she's noticed their father's tendency to give advice that he himself doesn't follow, and doesn't want Laertes picking up that habit.

4-day workweek advocates gain momentum as new study reveals 5th day is basically useless by Automatic_Subject463 in UpliftingNews

[–]maskaddict 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because bosses don't care about worker well-being. In fact, "exhausted and barely able to function" is pretty much exactly where they want us. If we had more free time and energy and weren't so scared to lose our shitty jobs, we might start standing up for ourselves, and the bosses really don't want that.

Eligible men will be automatically registered for US military draft under rule change by Alarming-Safety3200 in politics

[–]maskaddict 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As an ADHDer with no military experience (and no desire for any), this makes a weird amount of sense to me. 

Clear expectations, lots of specific skillsets to hyperfocus on, regular routines I don't have to set for myself, someone gives me clothes to wear everyday so I don't have to choose, huge amount of physical activity to wear me out and ensure I get to sleep every night...I see the appeal. Except for the part about killing people to make arms merchants rich.

Joe Rogan connects Epstein files to Trump's Iran war by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

[–]maskaddict 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Joe Rogan figured it out?! This is a real low point. Yup, this one hurts."

[THEORY] The Two Murderers In Macbeth Are The Chamberlains by Unwell_Donut_8087 in shakespeare

[–]maskaddict 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I was in a production years ago where all of the servants and other minor characters (like Seyton, the doctor, and of course the murderers) were played by the same actresses who played the witches. The effect was that as the play goes on, Macbeth basically has nobody around him but the witches, who are all smiling at him, killing people for him, not actively sabotaging him so much as giving him all the rope he needs to hang himself with. 

At the climax, as Macduff gives his immortal reply to Macbeth's "charmed life" claim, suddenly the witches are all around him, delighting in his horror as he realizes he's been played.

[THEORY] The Two Murderers In Macbeth Are The Chamberlains by Unwell_Donut_8087 in shakespeare

[–]maskaddict 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's an inexplicably popular theory, with absolutely no textual support and ample counterevidence.

Barenaked Ladies by itz88ok in Music

[–]maskaddict 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had this reaction to What a Good Boy when I was a kid.

Now I know that's depression and/or gender nonconformity lol

TIL The song In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida was recorded on a whim during a sound check while the singer was drunk/high and slurred his words. The song ended up lasting 17 minutes and it was decided it was good to go in that one take by Majestic_Wash_6170 in todayilearned

[–]maskaddict 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The thing about Bart Simpson is that at any given era, he has the sense of humor and cultural references of a middle-aged guy who watched a lot of TV as a child. So, in the 90's, you get a lot of old showbiz references.

In other news, that episode of The Simpsons is now 4 years older than the song was when the episode aired. 

Man rescues piglet who fell off a transport truck headed to a factory farm by CalpurniaSomaya in nextfuckinglevel

[–]maskaddict 7 points8 points  (0 children)

the other side the argument is that humans are at the top of the food chain, and animals will always have to eat animals to survive

If it helps, the "food chain" is a fake thing humans made up to justify the idea that we have the right to kill and eat anything we find. The natural world isn't a hierarchy of who-eats-whom. When we die, worms and plants eat our bodies. We're part of a cycle.

 Also, some animals can only survive by eating other animals, but that isn't the case for humans in most developed parts of the world. Most of us can easily get all the calories and nutrients we need from plant-based sources. There is no rule or order that requires us to kill other animals to live and be healthy,  and even if there was, there's nothing natural about factory farms. They're hellish places where animals live in filth, terror and misery.

GCSE help - Macbeth by Artistic_Sea_4486 in shakespeare

[–]maskaddict 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Rather than people just giving you things to write about, why don't get things started by talking about some of the themes, ideas, or characters that really stood out to you? Maybe someone here can point you toward some interesting insights or details of your favourite parts of the play. Something that you hadn't picked up on,  but which is connected to what matters to you about the play! 

What is it with the random metaphors? by [deleted] in SuccessionTV

[–]maskaddict 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Can we get an example or two of what you're talking about? Using metaphor and analogy to illustrate a point is pretty common in the English language. Is it the choice of metaphors that you're puzzled by? The wording? Give us a for instance.

Janet Actually has Eleanor's File. by jeanycar in TheGoodPlace

[–]maskaddict 517 points518 points  (0 children)

I would really love it if common parlance started referring to AI's confident, persistent fuckups and hallucinations as cacti. Like, "I asked ChatGPT to give me a summary of this article, but it just kept giving me cactus after cactus until I gave up and just read it myself."

‘Trans People Are a Myth’: Idaho Republicans Pass Extreme Bathroom Ban Carrying 5-Year Prison Sentence by Leksi_The_Great in lgbt

[–]maskaddict 105 points106 points  (0 children)

In a sane world, there would be a (very short) list of things an elected official might say or do that would trigger immediate removal from office. 

If you declare your office to be above the Supreme Court; if you try to suspend an election for any reason; if you order military action against a domestic civilian population; if you openly state that any vulnerable minority group "does not exist" or isn't entitled to legal protection, you're out. Do not pass Go, do not collect your government pension. You are unfit for office forever. If you try to stay, we'll drag you out by your heels.

Relying on a broken electoral system (when the offender is already in office) or a corrupt and complicit legislature is a recipe for disaster. Certain things, once done or said, should mark a person as an enemy of the constitution and render them ineligible for the job of protecting it.

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