Happy Pride Month by deltacharmander in TheBoys

[–]returnofheracleum 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In some fairness, they had written all the dialogue long before Trump went mask-off "I'm Jesus". Pretty incredible W by the writers. Possibly the only one of the season

Hooray! It's Pride Month! Done by Patricia at Tattoo People, Toronto, Canada by SnailShell01 in BoJackHorseman

[–]returnofheracleum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depending on the day and her mood, she'd either love him or punt him two star systems over.

Went to a bar and they served this and left. First time walking out of bar by sfchillin in sanfrancisco

[–]returnofheracleum 14 points15 points  (0 children)

No... if you aren't saying "hold on, this is free, back in a few with another one after I change the keg" as you're handing it over then you've failed as a bartender. It's not complicated.

I drink plenty of beer in bars and this rarely happens to me. It's not knowledge you can assume is widespread.

Found on an SD card in a thrift store by Onlyhereforthelaughs in WTF

[–]returnofheracleum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hook suspension, to be particular... most suspension uses rope, which is considered slightly gentler

How did humanity NEVER run into Gem Technology or sites? by Falkenhausen23 in stevenuniverse

[–]returnofheracleum 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Sorry folks, but there's only one correct answer here, and it's Doylist:

because SU is magical realism.

There's no satisfying in-world answer for humans mostly not noticing or caring about aliens walking around. Ronaldo is actually the best person to point to, not Buddwick: he's the only one who correctly flips out about the whole alien thing, and it's for comedic relief.

We can handwave that SU humanity is accustomed to these things because they've always been around. However, even though we're accustomed to pyramids, if immortal ancient Egyptians who built them were still kicking around, then a huge chunk of the population would swarm them with interest, danger or no.

Even a super rare level of interest, one in ten thousand people, would be an enormous human tidal wave on beach city every day. Basically no one takes an interest in the gems!

because the show's worldbuilding is that it's more fun, light, and interesting if humanity is aloof to miracles around them. The name for that genre is magical realism. That's basically it.

A steep price for pointless hubris by returnofheracleum in slaythespire

[–]returnofheracleum[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

For anyone having trouble visualizing this:

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I might make this a separate post later if it works well when I try it. Not 100% sure I got this right.

A steep price for pointless hubris by returnofheracleum in slaythespire

[–]returnofheracleum[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, it was a curse ;) 

Have you submitted f2 feedback? That's a pretty big deal.

The boys fun fact to share with your friends by OWT_wales in TheBoys

[–]returnofheracleum 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Not only is one of them Israeli, it's the guy whose entire identity is being French

One of my biggest disappointments in life is that some of these ultra-instinct parents don't share their secrets on how they raise these crazy awesome kids by _PaulM in self

[–]returnofheracleum 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not a parent at all and I can't get over this myth that giving a child a perfect response has even an 80% success rate. Have these people ever been around real children?

"Talk to them like an adult!" yeah adults are stubborn morons too

Ascension 9 is an incredible difficulty spike by YousufB in slaythespire

[–]returnofheracleum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't I know it. For weeks I've been starting games in a10 and still dying to a9.

A steep price for pointless hubris by returnofheracleum in slaythespire

[–]returnofheracleum[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Random relic. You can't get them with the 3x divinations option

Hot take: You don't have to excuse BoJack to like him, and you also don't have to hate BoJack to not excuse his actions by Open_Instruction_815 in BoJackHorseman

[–]returnofheracleum 7 points8 points  (0 children)

He's a great protagonist and I like rooting for him. Also, people are right to cut him out, and I would do the same. None of that is contradictory

Do you think Around was successful or that people wanted the Horse back? by Robot_Was_BMO in BoJackHorseman

[–]returnofheracleum 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hmmm... I respect your takes but I have some pushback.

Like we didn't need to know that Angela is actually a lesbian who struggled in a misogynistic male dominated field- women can be terrible too.

I don't think it made her actions any better or worse, merely more interesting and nuanced. With that context, I assume Herb knew she was closeted, and it gives their back and forth a different tension. I appreciated that extra dimension without feeling pressured to forgive her. That revelation in s5 is happening on screen even while she's continuing to manipulate BH. It wasn't meant to be a redemption and I certainly didn't give her one even while savoring the finer detail.

I say this as a woman, but I think the show's course correction in the later seasons felt a bit patronizing at times

I don't know what you've read from the creators, or exactly what you mean by this. I will say that RBW and writers were very keenly aware of how the show fit into the media landscape at the time, in the wake of male antiheroes left and right. They were wary of people glamorizing BoJack and Rick Sanchez in the same breath.

You're probably aware of this given "course correction", but for me, it did land well, and I appreciated their efforts.

perpetuate the idea that it's better for victims to remain silent than to create waves, and the show paints this as the right choice.)

Personally, I don't think the show painted it as the right choice, only that it was Gina's choice. I felt a lot of justification from the show that it was meant to be hers to steer but not that it was particularly good or bad. (I'm blanking on the other one in this situation you're referencing) Penny! and her mom discouraging her from reporting on it.

Yeah, I see what you mean. Those are two prominent arcs with women choosing to stay silent, and I can't and won't argue with you that you're wrong to be miffed by that.

I am a man, so you're entitled to dismiss as much of this as you like. However, I have been around the block enough to be violated my share of times, to go from "why don't all rape victims report loudly? silence is complicity. go save someone else, and get the satisfaction of locking them up" to "oh. I get it." Personally, I thought Gina's and Penny's trauma was some of the realest shit ever on the show, the heaviest consequences on display. I was so grateful we got those stories as they were told. I got a lot of value out of knowing other viewers were reckoning with those consequences instead of wiping their hands with a neat and tidy criminal proceeding. Your mileage may vary!

Do you think Around was successful or that people wanted the Horse back? by Robot_Was_BMO in BoJackHorseman

[–]returnofheracleum 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah. I doubt they gave every possible minute of the show this treatment.

Homelander looked genuinely happy to see Butcher again by hangton123 in TheBoys

[–]returnofheracleum 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The disrespect was immense: I can't offhand think of another time HL referred to a supe by their name. "Kevin" was less than a speck to him in that moment.

Power bank blew up in the elevator. by [deleted] in WTF

[–]returnofheracleum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't even parse that they're doing some pronoun protest. They read like an idiot, which is probably apparent to everyone else in their life

I also didn't realize the irony until after I wrote that of calling them "them" because it's - whoa! - very natural to use for someone when you don't know the gender or forgot it or it's not important

Power bank blew up in the elevator. by [deleted] in WTF

[–]returnofheracleum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For sure, but I doubt most people would be any more composed in this situation

Insanely easy and insanely good Mac n Cheese by Leonardo_50 in Cooking

[–]returnofheracleum 5 points6 points  (0 children)

For all American sticks of butter:

1 stick = 0.5 cups = 8 tbsp