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So... there seems to be a lot of hate in the comments here for the subtitle, and honestly I think it must be due to a lack of exposure to the very, very specific analogy / allusion the MCU is making. One of the most meticulously crafted and multi-faceted cinematic experiences ever is making a very clear allusion to

Nice.

Or... *daughter finds him, he slides off the toilet, crushing her, and THEN the wife finds the two of them... and dies from auto-erotic asphyxiation?

I lol-ed, but I’m a terrible person, so...

I mostly took umbrage at his shitty prose. WTF is a “gimlet-eyed” butler? Was the butler a bit sauced? Because if so, rendering the overwrought description accurate, then... bad form on the butler, too, I suppose.

Right?!
Like, regarding that “life sentence:” main shraddhanjali ke roop men svayansevak!
(I volunteer as tribute!)

** Daughter-Fucking CADET Bone Spurs

Each one of those fuckers would cost $175K in salary, BEFORE a 20% cost of living adjustment for Washington, DC, and before any other benefits like health care and eventual retirements, and before necessary support staff, and before required investments in buildings and infrastructure, etc., etc., etc....

Is it too early to spoil that? Because: SPOILER.

$7 Levi’s 550s at Burlington, mate!

[Unpopular?] Opinion: I don’t hate that building.

But! You’ve left off the best part!!!

But... that’s not how critical theory works, at least not from a New Historicist standpoint, which I will staunchly argue is the only intelligent approach here. By stating that the context within which the song was written is irrelevant, you’re stating that it is completely acceptable to view (and subsequently react

Vonnegut’s “sensational invitation to make babies,” as it were...

Join us! (atheists)

Unfortunately, that doesn’t conceptually apply here. This is a private institution, and is therefore allowed to freely exercise these restrictions on their employees...

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They’re domestic terrorists, in both action and policy...

I think you’re all playing this game wrong. The answer is clearly: the 2020s.

Is it wrong that it gives me a case of the chuckles that his name, written in English, is the masculine pronoun typically associated with the actions/dictates of the Abrahamic god — since, like, He’s “playing god,” and whatnot?