raven

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[–] raven@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

I had a history prof go on a class long tangent about how communists were evil because Marx said religion is the opiate of the masses. I, being a cringe atheist at the time thought "damn that's cool af, this Marx guy is spitting" and I think that was the general consensus of the class.

Geography professor however started day one with a lecture on why Mercator, and most other map projections are racist, and told us that he wasn't listening to any complaints about saying that from anyone white.

[–] raven@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago

Yes I'm aware of that, but we aren't talking about industrial diamonds

[–] raven@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Alright unpopular opinion, but that would actually make them look kinda cool.

[–] raven@hexbear.net 37 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You're just mad because you weren't smart enough to invest during the downturn. Didn't you ever hear "buy low sell high"? smuglord

[–] raven@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago

whip-it-woman says recycle your canisters owl-pissed

[–] raven@hexbear.net 51 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Paying thousands of dollars for something that drops most of its value in just a few years can leave the buyer feeling cheated

How is that any different from non-synthetic diamond rings? lol

[–] raven@hexbear.net 37 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I expect diamonds to fall off entirely in the next decade or so. Their (natural, later artificial) scarcity and (manufactured) tradition was all they ever had.

[–] raven@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm more on my squawk-arc. Miss me with that ca-caw shit is NOT shiny with the seed smb (shaking my beak)

[–] raven@hexbear.net 25 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It obviously isn't because of pronouns, and I don't believe it's just something intrinsic to adapting one medium to another (notable exceptions like Dune notwithstanding (it's all internal monologue and nuance, and you really can't do much with that in a video format (I don't consider the old Dune movie to be the same thing really, but it's still a masterpiece in its own right and dear to me))), because I've seen that done very well before, and I've never gotten a satisfying answer why this keeps happening.

They get some guy who wears those Hollywood-ass glasses to every interview (with the squareish trapezoidal frames of transparent plastic), with that Hollywood-ass haircut (not-short-not-long tousled-ish) who admits and/or demonstrates that they don't understand or even like the source material, and lo and behold it shows through in their writing.

Check me if I'm being boomerish but I just can't buy that any of these shows/movies/media are getting by on any semblance of merit, nor a genuine preponderance of soypoint-2 types (who I'm skeptical exist as such, I think they're just movie enjoyers who take what they can get) who want this either. I think the media companies are just that good at gaslighting and advertisement, then patting themselves on the back about what a good job they did.

Often the casting, costuming, effects and so on are on point, obviously costing several millions, but it's built on a foundation of "This is what MATH can do! (applause)" writing that I feel absolutely comfortable critiquing because, yeah, I could do better than that actually and I'm a terrible writer. Why not just.. write a good show instead?

[–] raven@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago

I know it doesn't count for anything and it's been said a million times before, but holy fuck us "tankies" (which is to say, anyone left of a moderate democrat) have been crowing about Israel for literal decades, being told we're just antisemitic (including myself, a Jew) and what do you know we were right again. Just like how we have been right about everything that happened in the last few decades with the notable exception of the Russia/Ukraine attack. Are liberals going to take a second look at the framework we used to come to our conclusions? No. Are we going to be taken a smidge more seriously now maybe? Absolutely not, lets get a Harvard-grad ghoul on instead.

[–] raven@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

Yes you definitely can. They're one of my favorites.

Definitely bake them, don't fry them. It makes them stay together better.

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