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Warbler

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#1154915
Topic
The Last Jedi: Official Review and Opinions Thread ** SPOILERS **
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TV’s Frink said:

Mrebo said:

A youtube video that even a TV’s Frink might love: “Top 10 Worst Reasons You Hated The Last Jedi”. I recommend her other videos if you like dry sarcastic humor.

Lasted about a minute. -10 points for being 22 minutes long, +1 points for the giant porg pillow. Final score 1/10.

Your math is off.

-10 + 1 = -9, not 1.

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#1154848
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Share your good news!
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Possessed said:

No a custom hybrid version I made for anh and revisited for ESB. I’ll be making a custom ESB also and an edit of rotj too but she’s ready to watch them so I can’t wait.

I’m not telling her anything about that lol I’m not saying a word about them not being the real versions.

What edits were made in these editions? What are you going to do I this custom ESB?

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#1154846
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Share your good news!
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Possessed said:

Possessed said:

Just watched Star Wars with my girlfriend for the first time. She loved it. Remarkably not only has she never seen it but also knows nothing about it, not even the characters or story or themes. It’s such an amazing experience getting to watch it with somebody that is experiencing it with new unspoiled eyes and ears. Like she doesn’t even know that

SPOILER

darth Vader is Luke’s father =)

so she’s gonna be thrown for a loop in the next one and I can’t wait to see her reaction.

She loves it. I had to make her promise not to Google the next one. This is an experience I honestly thought I would never get to have unless it was with a child. Never thought I would get to do this with an adult. I mean sure plenty of adults haven’t seen it but few don’t know at least some of the story bits.

She doesn’t know if she believes Vader is Luke’s father or not. But she loved TESB. And getting to experience her hearing Vader say he is Luke’s father when she actually didn’t see it coming or expect it was a thrill I can’t describe. It was like I could feel the suspense in the air coming off of her and I suddenly had the feeling of wonder like it was my first time.

She was blown away. She loved the first one also but she didn’t expect this one to be good just purely on the grounds that it was a sequel.

Is she wondering what Yoda meant when he said ”no, there is another”?

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#1154764
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Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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Mrebo said:

Warbler said:

Mrebo said:

That’s not for me to say.

Just asking for your opinion.

I just find it funny. I kind of expected vociferous agreement.

That there is no real news anymore?

That Trump is, to quote Miss Piggy from the The Muppet Christmas Carol, “odious, stingy, wicked, unfeeling, and badly dressed.”

also arrogant, egotistical, and obnoxious. (I could go on and on about Trump)

I think objectivity is greatly degraded across all news platforms.

While we may not on how much degraded they are, I agree there has been some degradation across all news platforms.

Could it also be that, like many things, I think all the news was better off and more honest and objective when I was a kid? (of course I was also more naive when a kid)

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#1154708
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Ask the member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints AKA Interrogate the Mormon
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yhwx said:

darth_ender said:

Does that answer your question?

No, I wasn’t talking about excommunication. I was talking about groups with ideologies more generally. Lemme see if I can explain myself a little better:

  • A group at large holds an amount of ideologies.
  • Some of those ideologies may be bad ones.
  • A person who identifies with that group says that they only support the good/laudable ideologies of the group, not the bad ones.
  • Hence the question: at what point does a group hold so many bad ideologies that it becomes necessary to disassociate from the group?

This is probably best suited for another thread… but which?

It probably varies from situation to situation.

. It depends upon the importance of the group in your life. Leaving your book club just can’t be compared to leaving your church or your religion.

. It depends upon how bad the ideology/ideologies that the group has that you disagree with. How important are they. How important are they to you.

. It depends upon what chance you think you may have at influencing change in regards the ideology/ideologies.

. It could also depend how long you’ve been a part of said group. The longer you are with a group, the more difficult it becomes to leave it. I have literally be a part of my church my whole life. There is a nursery in my church where people can take babies to be looked after while they attend the service and/or Sunday school. I used to be a baby in that nursery. I couldn’t leave my church over something minor, it would have to be something big, huge.

. It depends up how compromising you can be. Some just can compromise and/or agree to disagree as much as others can.

. It probably depends upon several various factors which I am just not thinking of right now

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#1154628
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Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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darth_ender said:

I think that is very illustrative of the news culture today. Don’t get me wrong, I think Trump is a slimy, dangerous schmuck who has hijacked the GOP and exposed a number of its adherents for the gullible fools that they are. However, there is no real news anymore. Either there is Fox News, which always puts a positive spin on every idiotic thing the president does, or there is CNN and MSNBC, who will probably come out with articles in the near future alleging that Trump can’t fart right or brushes with toothpaste made in a North Korean sweat shop. There is virtually no objectivity any longer.

What about CBS and ABC? What about PBS news?

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#1154514
Topic
Ask the member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints AKA Interrogate the Mormon
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I do not understand the need to restrict children of same sex marriages. It smacks of punishing the kids for the acts of the parents. Regarding the requirement for children of same sex marriages to disavow same sex marriages when they reach 18, why not simply require that of all children when they reach 18?