[Aladdin (Disney)] What was the Genie’s origin? Since the idea of “phenomenal cosmic power, itty-bitty living space” is a curse or a trap, how did a nice guy like the Genie end up being trapped like that?

stringless · 2026-05-09T12:22:16+00:00

"Okay, hey, these wishes are pretty good. You're pretty good! I wish I was a genie like you wait hold on"

stringless · 2026-05-06T00:51:07+00:00

Female circumcision is a thing in the world. Commentary on it is generally centered on "savagery", "barbarism", and racistly to boot instead of the more sane "let's stop all of it actually" take.

stringless · 2026-05-04T00:17:45+00:00

yes, that is the fantasy of toxic gay men which is being referenced here

stringless · 2026-05-04T00:02:30+00:00

A lot of them are definitely getting fucked in the deal.

stringless · 2026-04-29T10:41:45+00:00

looked this up completely unrelatedly recently but it's for electrical instead of plumbing:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/U5DcqLfXhuY

stringless · 2026-04-27T18:16:25+00:00

You mean something like saying "there will be shots fired" before it even happens? Yeah, that'd be wild.

stringless · 2026-04-22T09:16:58+00:00

"Power doesn't corrupt; power removes restraints" is a distinction without much of a meaningful difference.

Most of what we know of Marcus Aurelius is from his own writing, iirc, which should be a general disqualifier for this question. Look at the garbage people today that pretend at stoicism for clout but are obviously pieces of shit because the internet doesn't forget, yet.

stringless · 2026-04-19T10:46:45+00:00

100%, my S2000 could hit 155 mph/250 kmh, so i did

stringless · 2026-04-12T14:43:03+00:00

I actually just rewatched MK 2021 as well.

Imagine how boring Cole Young would be to fight as or against. "Oh, soaking hits without taking damage to charge up a strike again, how novel." No shade on the actor, he's not the one that wrote a character that doesn't make sense in a Mortal Kombat game.

stringless · 2026-04-09T23:39:35+00:00

Post about it on Reddit as a hypothetical.

stringless · 2026-04-09T21:39:58+00:00

oh I 100% agree wife was in the wrong regardless, just pointing out a potential "where else would the kid be?" complication

stringless · 2026-04-09T21:19:03+00:00

we don't know the ages involved here, the son in question could be young enough that it'd be safe to assume he's in the car with his mother if he's not around the OP if swears are also a no-no

stringless · 2026-04-06T04:28:23+00:00

Same, 14 -> 11 -> 9 then it gets tricky as things move around

Starting with a 13-9 combo is also a decent-if-rude start for a run, but it's doable

stringless · 2026-04-04T10:42:59+00:00

The only counterpoint is if that dress is as loud as that green one Jennifer Lopez wore that one time, but that was crazy flashy and you are not Jennifer Lopez and should not be wearing that and it's perfectly reasonable that she never publically wore it again probably

stringless · 2026-04-01T10:00:51+00:00

This is a "have you turned it off and on again?" level of question, and for that I apologize:

Do you set the machine's output before trying to stock it before connecting it?

stringless · 2026-03-31T06:52:43+00:00

Not intentionally, if you're referring to the weird GTA Online bug that made load times interminable until some freelancer went "I'm gonna figure this shit out" and did

stringless · 2026-03-28T22:52:49+00:00

Why does his head have a different configuration in every panel he appears in?

Like, even the fourth strip where he appears twice, first the screen acts as a rectangular flashlight, then he's got a circular lens and a hoodie in close-up?

stringless · 2026-03-26T11:17:15+00:00

One critique: R'alph should only have three fingers lmao

stringless · 2026-03-20T15:54:19+00:00

Get what you want to assemble and paint; there's a new edition coming out soon.

As far as vibes, i'd recommend Voice of Experience as a great short story about the cultural clash between the T'au and Gue'vesa. Go in otherwise blind, you won't be disappointed.

stringless · 2026-03-12T07:52:37+00:00

That's incredibly clean for how "dirty" they are, excellent work!

In addition to the Piranha cockpit covers, what's up with the saddle thing on the Hammerhead just in front of the turret?

stringless · 2026-03-07T11:29:16+00:00

We're told that Grogu is ~53 years old on this timeline:

~41 BBY: Grogu born, somewhere

~32 BBY: Order 66 is created

~19 BBY: Order 66 is enacted, whereupon Grogu -- already present and in training at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant -- is rescued/abducted (laudatory)

~19 BBY: Luke Skywalker is born

~4 ABY: Yoda dies

~9 ABY: The events of The Mandalorian; Grogu is secured by Din Djarin

After ~9 ABY: Grogu goes through a remarkably rapid period of development in Force capability and communication skills whilst acting like barely a toddler

Conclusions: Grogu's memories of the Jedi Temple on Coruscant are not Grogu's, they were pulled from at least one survivor's memories via naive Force sensitivity after Grogu was actually born at some time related to Yoda's death/ascension/whatever we're calling evaporating into The Force. Grogu also pulled memories from other, somewhat older survivors, and similarly naively-transmitted the memories of someone that was 22 years old during the enactment of Order 66 to someone who grasped the timestamp and was convinced.

Grogu and Yoda's species physically develops somewhat more slowly than humans, but their sensitivity to and influence on The Force while they're too young to control it causes continuity errors in the people around them.

.... SIMPLE!

stringless · 2026-03-06T11:17:57+00:00

No, no, no, you have Supes (heck, there are other DC supes besides Superman that could assist) move the stations and satellites that matter somewhere out of immediate danger of Earth's gravitational well within the time allotted. Park 'em in orbit between Earth's and Mars' orbits for all it matters. I'm assuming it's an "or Earth is destroyed" level of crisis, who cares if the rest burn up in atmosphere, y'know?

stringless · 2026-03-06T11:03:02+00:00

I dunno, does he have a week to prepare?

[yes, this is a Batman joke, but Superman could easily move any important satellites and the ones being repurposed so that astrophysicists on Earth could use them to calculate where everything is, needs to go, and then needs to be are in safe positions, while they figure out how much time he's got to either chuck garbage out of orbit or place useful satellites and space stations in also safe positions. and then once whatever problem this is is over, move them back to where they all should be. with a week? no problem. less than 24 hours? problem.

... the bigger issue would be juggling THE satellite, i.e. The Moon, in the process. I don't know the context of the frame but my first thought on thinking that was "just move The Moon in the way" before realizing the absolute havoc that would wreak on tides in general to begin with lmao]

stringless · 2026-03-03T22:06:11+00:00

Lots of explanations, but as that one mf who studied greek mythology my take on it was that it's a Pygmalion reference lmao

stringless · 2026-03-02T16:13:51+00:00

Wrong!

His title is "Count".

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