In the fucking short term. Over the long term, twenty years say, his influence has been more or less entirely negative.

I wasn’t a big fan of that change, but I could see why they did it. In the anime and manga Light is a deeply, deeply disturbed and depraved individual and the way he treats Misa really helps to drive that home. If all you knew about him was that he killed criminals you might miss the fact that he is really and truly…

This is pretty much me with Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrel. I really do like it (I think) but I keep taking these months long breaks between attempts to get through it.

I’m like 99% certain that quote is pulled from the sequel where the director of the Southern Reach spends time interrogating the Biologist.

They may be pulling that quote from the sequel, which is mostly from the perspective of the director of the Southern Reach. He spends a lot of time interrogating Natalie Portman’s character.

Well, I mean, the design is the royal standard of Sweden, I’m not sure its allowed for an NHL team to copy it.

Not as minimalist as I usually like, but as an American of Canadian ancestry I will always have a soft spot for it.

Should’ve just leaned into it.

We would sometimes do this kind of training in soccer. I was a goalkeeper and the basic idea was that you’d be better able to track the ball with your eye, adjust your hands and positioning on the fly before the ball hits depending on the situation by training with smaller and larger balls. Don’t know if any of that…

You’re not wrong, the three crowns is pretty cool.

No that’d be the Soviet Union

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It’s a reference. Maybe too niche.

Here’s the thing: I can be pissed at all of it. And so should you be.

I don’t watch his stream but I’ve seen some YouTube videos with this guy in it and honestly I can’t understand the appeal at all.

My eye keeps going to that teeney weeney guy underneath the awning at that shop or whatever it is.

Because they’re awful and we’d like if they would actually win for a change. That’s gonna require some fundamental changes to the party and its leadership. Sorry if this offends.

THE DRAGONS OF BUDAPEST

Does the people vs. buildings scale in the first fantasy one seem kind of off to anyone else?

The colleges should. Pay these kids.