How is believing in conspiracy theories alt right? I run somewhere in the middle, but truth be told probably a bit left. I don’t understand the stance. I can believe that the black rights movement is indeed a cause worth fighting. But I can also believe that there is a shadow government pulling the strings. How does…

Sometimes you have to break a rule to change it. We have seen this all throughout history. Everyone’s favorite rebels break rules to bring about positive change. Americans didn’t *have* to dump tea into Boston Harbor, but they *chose* to. This is identical to that and countless other examples in history.

you just did exactly what he’s talking about 

I don’t see The Boys as “what if superheroes were bad”, but more of a potential of “what if superheroes were real?”. Would they be treated like celebrities - likely. Would they become a corporate commodity - likely, especially when there is a corporate reason for their existence. We’ve seen how many celebs act, we’ve…

This is really why a lot of people think science is “bullshit.” “One week they’re telling us not to wear masks, then they’re telling us to wear masks, now they’re telling us we’ve been wearing the WRONG masks.” These people then discount science completely because they “can’t make up their mind.” They don’t realize…

This right here is why communicating complex science to the layperson is such a critical skill set that isn’t given enough emphasis. What I’m seeing a lot out in public is the assumption that ‘6 feet’ is just a rough high guideline, not dissimilar to how people assume ‘use by’ dates on food are just conservative…

While I initially thought this would lead me to quit. It hasn’t yet. Instead, I’ve just lost any interest in ever farming for a good roll on a weapon. The best weapon I can find, I’ll use. Whatever.

Something tells me the principal will be absent.

When they asked him how he came up with the song I cringed a little.

“No word yet on the next one?” Did you not hear the music at the end of the segment?

They didnt forget, they just dont care. they probably plan to monetize this thing all over the place and for their usual multiplayer formula, there needs to be two sides to play as. cant very well have a dogfight with yourselves. plus there are plenty of ww2 games that are shooter, dog fighting or tank combat games…

I guess I should clarify.

I think it’s more that Disney would prefer we forget that they’re Space Nazis. Remembering that they are Space Nazis interferes with their ability to shamelessly merchandise the hell out of them.

That die was cast when TIE Fighter came out lo these many years ago...it’s always been a little odd to me that cosplayers get really into Imperial roles for the same reason, but I’m told that people can tell the difference between fiction & reality. I have my doubts.

I know this has been brought up before, but I feel like Disney/EA has forgotten that the Empire is supposed to be the equivalent of Space Nazis.

The government can mitigate the risks of economic depression. They can institute a temporary UBI that lasts until the pandemic ends, expand welfare and unemployment benefits (as they have), pay employers to keep their workers on the payroll, etc. There’s all sorts of the things they can do, assuming the political will…

This is not journalism

Nice to know that your legal expertise extends to divining what the Supreme Court would include in its sense of limits to free speech, complete with emotional rhetoric and partisan arrogance... “...must not be allowed...”

Actually, I think the problem with this fight (that the video makes clear) is that it’s too elaborate and too choreographed. It’s a lot of twirling, twerking and sashaying for the camera against a villain that we know nothing about. It’s literally all style and no substance.

The fight between Vader and Obi Wan at the…

Got it in one. My reaction to Filoni’s description is “Great idea. If I’d seen that in The Phantom Menace, I’d have thought it had a point to it.” As is, I basically came away with the opposite view of Qui-Gon. To the extent that I could parse out a rationale for his existence at all, it was that he was even further…