I must also stress that terms like white and black really wouldn't mean much in Cleopatras time.  Not saying discrimination wasn't a thing but this line in the sand of what is or isn't "white" is a lot more recent way of thinking.  I mean Italians weren't considered white until the 20th century for godsake. 

Hey look, Amir’s an Egyption who probably just doesn’t know what’s best for him.  He needs a civilized person to guide him.  You know, to sort of lift him out of barbarism or whatever...

In that case, should it even be a matter of such fierce debate if one Black actor portrays Cleopatra after a string of white ones?

^^^^^^^^^^Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!

It’s funny, not the HaHa-kind..., that the first and loudest to scream "Won't someone think of the children!?" are typically the ones thinking a bit too much about the children.

It’s the Harvey Weinstein defense: if *I* consent, then the interaction is consensual. Remember when he went on and about “I had consensual sex” without using first person plural?

I never know how sincere they are in their wildly erroneous stated beliefs about LGBTQ+ folks preying on kids, but I'm becoming increasingly convinced that their only objection to the idea is that they don't want the competition. 

Are “consensual conversations” even a thing? Who consents to hearing creepy ass fantasies from somebody they are supposed to be working (in this case interning) with? Did he actually say, “I have this creepy-ass fantasy about you and your roommate, wanna hear it?” No? Then I would rule that “consensual conversations”…

Man as someone who doesn’t do drugs, it took me way too long to understand that it’s April 20 (420) as to why we were getting all of those weed articles today lol

If it was REALLY realistic, the video would cut out before, during, and after every time you shoot someone.

When my son and I are opening them, we definitely are looking forward to that rare. But we look at all the cards.  And play the game.  The shiny rare cards are just a bonus, and should be treated as such.  Not treated like it’s the entire hobby.  Those two kids that threw out cards, already forgot that.  

TBH welcome to every fandom ever.

What’s that weird button in between likes and share in the header image?

Once again... fuck cancer.

Regarding just for kids. The other day, I was at a community center with my kid. And there were two 12 year old’s sitting at a table opening what looked like about 300$ worth of booster packs. After a few minutes, I realized that they were grabbing the rare card out, and dumping the rest into the pile of wrappers. “no…

The problem here is that adult collectors and scalpers are making it harder for children - not to mention casual players - to enjoy the game.

This is the correct takeaway.

I think maybe this kind of thing brings into question who the trading card game is for at this point.

It seems to me adult collectors are the target audience now, for better or for worse.

Probably worse.

“It was a vicious, unprovoked attack by Disney, who have always secretly hated Italian Americans!”

Media: “What are you doing...?”