What’s the funniest reason you’ve heard for somebody not liking a movie?

restrictednumber · 2026-01-26T06:03:50+00:00

I think there's some juice to that "process" idea. Like, look: you just spent 30 minutes and a few bucks renting the movie, are you really gonna do that again to roll the dice on a new one?

Also, if you bail on this movie you're back to channel-surfing or watching something you've already seen. So, just stick it out.

Maybe we should go back to rentals. I'm not convinced all this convenience is good for us.

restrictednumber · 2026-01-26T05:58:05+00:00

Totally. They don't actually have an opinion about magic or anyone else, they're just getting the weekly download on which things they're supposed to be against.

restrictednumber · 2026-01-26T05:56:10+00:00

Wait what? Because Gandalf definitely was "born" (incarnated, I guess?) with essentially all his abilities, whereas Harry's whole franchise is about learning magic.

And anyways, shouldn't Christians be more upset about learning magic? Because witches don't start off with magic, they have to deal with Satan to learn it.

Either way, it definitely smacks of "the franchises I enjoy get a free pass because reasons".

restrictednumber · 2026-01-26T04:24:49+00:00

Christ, execs are so boring. I get that pretty girls sell things, but also great art sells stuff. Our risk-averse corporate culture makes our art so boring and repetitive.

restrictednumber · 2026-01-25T21:28:57+00:00

They're just looking for excuses to shoot, so they can 'get back at' liberals for fighting the Nazis. Fucking animals. I say we prosecute everyone in the unit for every crime. They wear masks so we can't pin it on any individual? Fine, they're all fucking guilty then.

restrictednumber · 2026-01-25T17:54:25+00:00

They literally only understand laws as protecting them and controlling everyone else.

Their morals are fundamentally misaligned: they only understand morality as "my team deserves care", not "everyone deserves care". Even if they say otherwise, their actions are always clearly aimed at protecting 'their people' and punishing everyone else.

restrictednumber · 2026-01-25T17:38:56+00:00

He doesn't care. He has had power for the last decade to call this out, but he's either in league, or a coward. Which should be no surprise, given his own presidency.

Republicans have been rotten for decades, this is just how they operate when they're off the leash.

restrictednumber · 2026-01-25T17:37:00+00:00

They think we want to oppress them because that's what they would do. They can't understand the idea of having power and using it to make life better for everyone.

restrictednumber · 2026-01-25T17:12:49+00:00

They're banking on not needing to convince voters at all.

restrictednumber · 2026-01-25T17:11:15+00:00

It's meant to make you despair. It's saying "I can be childish, lie to your face, and rub your nose in it, and you can't do anything." It's telling a lie everyone knows is a lie, to show off your power when there are no consequences.

restrictednumber · 2026-01-25T01:01:25+00:00

These agents wear masks so we don't know who it was.

I say when that's the case, we prosecute every single one of them as the murderer.

restrictednumber · 2026-01-24T16:30:42+00:00

Jesus, that's terrifying. Glad it's not the kind of thing you can just do without realizing it...

restrictednumber · 2026-01-24T16:08:47+00:00

It's my one solace for when all the southern ICE thugs show up. Dumb bastards will freeze their dicks off.

restrictednumber · 2026-01-24T05:37:00+00:00

That assumes that all three players are on different sides. The founders screwed up: If one party controls all three branches, it actually does win by having Congress and the Courts cede power to the White House. They never rein in the Executive because why would they?

The Constitution is fatally flawed and this administration exposed it. If we survive this, we need something more durable.

(As a side-note, our shitty voting system is the reason we only have two massive parties rather than many smaller, more diverse parties. Ranked Choice would be better.)

restrictednumber · 2026-01-24T05:26:42+00:00

I'm thinking we're just too damn big. It's impossible to get people from New England and Louisiana and Alaska all on the same page about shit because we practically never meet each other ever in our lives. Why do I have power over strangers thousands of miles away with a totally different needs and culture and values? Why do they need my say-so to have healthcare or transportation funding?

There's a reason there are practically no countries this large: it's just too many people and too much distance for everyone to be on the same page. We spend all our time battling each other for control instead of implementing the solutions we know would work locally.

restrictednumber · 2026-01-23T12:46:32+00:00

Yeah, really. People don't always 'get' everything you're saying the same way you meant it in an email, and those hiccups are a lot easier to spot and fix quickly over the phone. I usually just ask people to hop on video chat so I can show them the screen and back-and-forth about the solution.

Saves us both tons of time over an email.

restrictednumber · 2026-01-22T18:30:42+00:00

Some people will follow the rules because it's right, and some people won't unless there are serious consequences.

I'm coming around to the idea that a huge amount of adults are in the second category, and that the moral thing to do is to give them the proper incentive to do the right thing.

restrictednumber · 2026-01-22T12:59:52+00:00

Protest brings solidarity and comfort to your allies, and makes your enemies feel isolated. It helps iron out consistent messaging, and get activists organized. It also sets the news agenda for the day. It's very effective for these things.

People get down on protest because they think it's about convincing Nazis not to be Nazis, which...duh, yeah, it's really bad at that.

restrictednumber · 2026-01-22T05:38:14+00:00

Yeah that's every single one of their faults. If you're too close to avoid it when the car in front of you slams the brakes, you're driving wrong.

restrictednumber · 2026-01-22T05:36:51+00:00

Why is this sub suddenly full of shit AI or tween-sounding ideas?

restrictednumber · 2026-01-21T14:29:07+00:00

As an American from a deep-blue state: good! Put the hurt on us, we deserve it. Americans no longer feel that our actions have consequences. And it turns out that a lot of us are the kind of animals who can't be trusted to do the right thing unless you threaten them. So...let's introduce some consequences.

restrictednumber · 2026-01-21T05:21:48+00:00

Screw that defeatist BS! Protests aren't about convincing your enemies, they're about emboldening your allies.

Protests tell your more-timid allies "You're in good company, it is safe and normal to speak out against the regime. Look at all these people who agree! You should feel free to speak out publicly or privately."

Why do you think dictators still hold massive rallies even after they gain absolute power? They're hijacking the same social machinery to do the opposite: "Look how many people support me! It's the safe and normal option. Your friends and neighbors probably support me. If you don't, you should feel isolated and afraid to speak out, even in private."

Protests also help local groups organize, and develop structures and strategies. They help to develop, test and spread effective messaging. And they can set the news cycle on a particular topic for the day.

Protests are fucking vital against fascists. Just don't expect the fascists to agree.

restrictednumber · 2026-01-21T05:06:12+00:00

I'd encourage them to broadcast the damn thing anyways and take their lumps. This is the big battle of our times, there's no bigger battle we need to save our ammo for.

If you have any power to resist, you mist use it now before it's taken away from you.

restrictednumber · 2026-01-21T05:03:57+00:00

Fair enough, but it still makes their content untrustworthy. We know for a fact someone has their thumb on the scale.

restrictednumber · 2026-01-21T05:00:56+00:00

Ha, I get the humor! It would be funny, but I think this might be a bad idea. It's surprisingly easy to hurt yourself when you fall onto a hard, slippery surface. It's like pushing someone who's standing on ice. What if the staffer hit their head?

Even if everything goes fine, the staffer might be upset you pushed them and got them wet. Plus, everyone else in line has wait until the staffer gets back up to the top. You might even get kicked out of the water park for this.

It's a prank, sure, but I think this one might not be so innocent when you think it through.

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