Throughout this episode all I could think about was the night my mother called me to tell me that my dad was really sick and it looked like he had COVID. We were still in the middle of lockdown and the next several hours were a desperate flurry of calls as I tried to talk to nurses, my mother, my sister in Australia,…

Way to Streisand Effect the word Latinx.

The Nazis burnt books about transgenderism and targeted trans people along with homosexuals, Jews and Romany people. Soloway’s comments at least make sense in expressing allyship between the atrocities suffered by the Jews in the Holocaust as well as another group of people who were targeted by Nazis but whose stories…

The issue isn’t necessarily “stupidity”, more the fact that we don’t teach critical thinking in schools. The fact is that none of us are immune to media influence, especially if it comes with a semblance of authority, expertise and concern.

The idea of personal choice is somewhat diminished when a lot of people’s “choices” are decided by algorithms, which is how you end up with young impressionable teenaged boys who do a YouTube search on “how to talk to girls” and eventually end up watching right wing video essays on the evils of feminism. I think we as…

Because the medium tends to dictate how a message is received. Video games don’t cause violence because ultimately they sell a power fantasy, the fact that you have a fantasy world where you can commit violent acts without repercussions or consequences.

Yes, but that’s not your argument. Your original point is that the impact of media is overestimated and I’ve given you a couple of examples of just how much media can influence people.

Media absolutely influences people. Often in the dumbest ways. Look up “The CSI Effect” and its impact on jury selection.

Not Fade Away whatever happened there

As far I’m concerned nothing is ever just a paycheck for Nicolas Cage. Even when he’s in a terrible movie, I have never seen him phone it in.

“What am I? Some kind of Lady Snowblood?”

Lol this has aged like a fine wine

But snide assholes need the most attention!

Sometimes the wording in the NDA prevents you from making the existence of the NDA public knowledge as well. Source: Am a law-guy

This time he’s specifically targeting unsuspecting people who have just come out of comas

I hope we get more Dredd from him.

Workin’ on my Night Proooooobe

I can’t imagine Taxi Driver, Fight Club or Kiss Kiss Bang Bang without the voiceover.

If they remade that movie now they’d probably ruin it and cast someone like Tom Holland, who’s clearly never uncled a day in his life!