darth_ender

Mini-Frinks unite!

Agreed. I work in the behavioral health field as a nurse. It’s a very different kind of nursing than most others. But I feel grateful to know that I have been a part of saving others from themselves. I’m sorry to hear about your classmate, but always remember that your life’s value is far more than you ever could know.

That’s a good point, indeed. However, the plan for the Imperial fleet was to prevent retreat too, so while some Rebel ships might have escaped, I suspect most would have been destroyed or captured anyway. Still, the interdictors would cut into the heroism, as the would be no option but to fight, so maybe you are right.

^^Yes.

^YES!

Yet you were assuming Warbler’s motives all along to be ‘baiting’. You even posted some nonsense warning about being on the lookout for some underhanded scheming. You’re an interesting lad, my friend.

So the preexisting rules thread wasn’t good enough? I’m glad you created another thread.

Jetrell Fo said:

Also this …

Warbler said:

We were told not to call anyone trolls anymore (especially without actual proof) and that new users suspected of being one should be reported immediately.

Who was he calling a troll? The ‘suggestions’ portion of the rules says not to call new members socks/trolls. Some folks have been here a while and have consistently proven themselves to be trolls.

Jetrell Fo said:

darth_ender said:

Jetrell Fo said:

darth_ender said:

How is telling someone to knock off certain behavior the same thing as baiting them to engage in such behavior?

Look, I get it, you think it’s harmless fun. Using the name of two members and the words “warning” and “report you” in the same sentence doesn’t really speak “hey silly guys, could you just not do that anymore.”.

No, I think Alderaan is annoying and Warbler interpreted his posts as conspiratorial in nature, and generalfrievious was genuinely violating the thread rules, and since he does it every time he enters the politics thread, Warb warned him instead of immediately reporting him. I don’t think it’s fun at all. I reported generalfrievious and didn’t even warn him.

I think you’re a bit of a paranoid individual yourself, if you want me to be honest. Warbler is not a bully, and is often the victim of bullying. I cannot understand your perception of the world, my friend. You miss the obvious and yet read maliciousness in the benign.

This forum is not a rose garden of splendid angelic beings of light, LOL. This kind of stuff has gone on for like ever and warbler is not the only one to “insinuate” things through verbiage without actually saying it.

…and then…

I am not paranoid although you are entitled to your own opinion.

In the inappropriately overused words of Jetrell Fo, “LOL.”

Fo is like those individuals who move to a foreign country and expect the country to assimilate to them. What kind of a Trump supporter does that!?!

Jetrell Fo said:

darth_ender said:

How is telling someone to knock off certain behavior the same thing as baiting them to engage in such behavior?

Look, I get it, you think it’s harmless fun. Using the name of two members and the words “warning” and “report you” in the same sentence doesn’t really speak “hey silly guys, could you just not do that anymore.”.

No, I think Alderaan is annoying and Warbler interpreted his posts as conspiratorial in nature, and generalfrievious was genuinely violating the thread rules, and since he does it every time he enters the politics thread, Warb warned him instead of immediately reporting him. I don’t think it’s fun at all. I reported generalfrievious and didn’t even warn him.

I think you’re a bit of a paranoid individual yourself, if you want me to be honest. Warbler is not a bully, and is often the victim of bullying. I cannot understand your perception of the world, my friend. You miss the obvious and yet read maliciousness in the benign.

How is telling someone to knock off certain behavior the same thing as baiting them to engage in such behavior?

How is threatening to use the report button backseat modding? Is that button only for the mods?

Not sure how. I’m not enforcing any rules. Just pointing out annoying behavior.

I don’t think there is any thread devoted to your unofficial forum moderation. I can create one of you like, though.

What rules did Warbler break?

For the love of all that is holy, how is it that Jetrell Fo makes me sympathize with the liberals in this thread every time he gets into a debate with them?

LOL

Oh, brother!

Oh, we need a little Christmas, right this very minute!

Or…

…make sure you know what poison ivy looks like before wading through the foliage to take a leak in the woods.

I mean, not that I’d know what that’s like, but I can just imagine…

I say this, not as a challenge, but as a genuine curiosity, but why do the things I mentioned not bother you? I love how you defend TFA, and it’s given me a greater appreciation of a movie that did let me down a bit. I’d love to read a good defense of TDK. Those confusing character motivations go beyond simple suspension of disbelief, and I can’t just buy the “Joker is crazy, so of course his plans don’t make sense” argument.

I personally was surprised at how much I cared about the characters, even with so little time to focus on any of them. Take a movie like The Dirty Dozen, whose characters are spread thin, whose names I couldn’t remember at the end of the film, but how I connected with so many of them and was saddened as they were killed off one by one. The Dirty Dozen is nearly universally appreciated in spite of the exact same “shortcomings” as Rogue One. I thought both were great movies that did very well at creating several likeable characters in a relatively short amount of time.

I’ve seen Batman Begins so many times, I decided to skip it this time, so I watch The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises for the first time in a few years. I have to say, I still really enjoy Batman Begins best (from memory, obviously), but I enjoy Rises next. It seems the majority’s favorite of the trilogy has officially been sealed as my least favorite, whereas in the past it was a tossup between TDK and TDKR. The Joker’s motivations are so confusing, his “dog chasing cars” bit contrasting so completely with his amazing clairvoyance of how to preemptively defeat the good guys, and the lack of focus on Bruce/Batman all disappoint me.

I feel like every few years I ramble off the same points on this forum. I’m sure I’ve said this elsewhere here. Anyway, Joker is hired to kill Batman, threatens to kill someone every day till Batman reveals himself, then tells Batman he doesn’t want to kill him (laughing at the very notion, because Batman completes him) and goes to great length to keep Batman’s identity hidden (and then in the end nearly kills him after all!). He says he doesn’t plan, he just does things, but he redirects a convoy to a vulnerable underground road with the necessary vehicles and weapons to defeat the convoy, knows when SWAT truck carrying Dent will return to the surface, and even has masked men ready with cables to take down a police chopper. He manages to get caught (and apparently wanted to), just so he could blow up the police station and capture Lau against all odds of this plan working out so well. He and his henchman are able to place explosives in closely monitored areas (hospitals are extremely closely-monitored facilities, as healthcare is one of the most regulated professions in the world). Yet, in spite of all this amazing planning, he convinces the brilliant DA that it was all just an impulse. Then there’s the stupidity in that he convinces the mob to pay him half their savings in cash so he can kill Batman, then when he gets paid for not killing Batman, he torches the cash, and all the mobsters’ flunkies decide to join him!

I’m sorry, but the logic to this movie was sorely lacking, and it really disappoints me. Yes, Ledger portrayed a great Joker, and Eckhart played a great Two Face, but that doesn’t excuse such mammoth lapses in logic. Its strongest point is its ending, where Batman is willing to take the fall for Harvey, proving that sometimes a lie is more valuable than the truth. It’s filled with numerous interesting moral dilemmas leading up to that ending, but still the plot just irritates me on a certain level.

TDKR is much more logical, even if there are certain points where suspension of disbelief is greater than in previous installments. Bane’s motives are clearer, and the movie is intense throughout. It’s definitely a bit longer than necessary, but overall I still love the movie.

And Batman Begins still remains my favorite, especially because the primary focus is on the hero and his journey to the point he is at.

Apparently HISHE liked my idea better than you did, ya loser!

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Hahahaha this is so clever.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/donald-trump-protester-creates-billboard-10060432